fumygacioun

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fumygacion, fumygacyon, fumigation, fumigacioun

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French fumigation, from Late Latin fumigatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiu̯miɡaːˈsjuːn/, /fiu̯miˈɡaːsjun/

Noun

fumygacioun (plural fumygaciouns) (Late Middle English)

1. The burning of odourous substances for medicinal or religious reasons.

Descendants

• English: fumigation

References

• “fūmigāciǒun (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-03.