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)
- (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
- inflection of impinguare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Etymology 2
Participle
impinguate f pl
- feminine plural of impinguato
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
impinguāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of impinguō