impinguate

English

Etymology

Latin impinguatus, past participle of impinguare (“to fatten”); prefix im- (“in”) + pinguis (“fat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpɪŋɡweɪt/

Verb

impinguate (third-person singular simple present impinguates, present participle impinguating, simple past and past participle impinguated)

1. (obsolete) To fatten; to make fat.
   • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     Frictions also do more fill and impinguate the body than exercise

   • 1672, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions:

     Rhenish Wines (I mean these small wines, Bachrach and Deal) doth accidentally impinguate by helping the digesture, removing obstructions, and rendring the blood fluid and digestible

References

“impinguate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

impinguate

1. inflection of impinguare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

impinguate f pl

1. feminine plural of impinguato

Anagrams

• impugniate

Latin

Verb

impinguāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of impinguō