exustion

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin exustio, from exurere, exustum (“to burn up”), from ex (“out”) + urere (“to burn”).

Noun[edit]

exustion (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The act or operation of burning up.
    • 1748, William Lewis, The Pharmacopoeia of the Royal College of Physicians at Edinburgh:
      The exustion, here directed to be performed in an open fire, is with an intent to dislodge the remaining oil from the hartshorn […]
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