embrocation
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prettygoodwordembrocation (em-broh-KAY-shuhn) - n., a liniment or lotion.
Also the act of applying a liniment or lotion to the skin, but the verb embrocate is (even) more rare and so not helpful here. This is a surprisingly old word, dating to Middle English form embrocacioun, from Middle French embrocacion, from Medieval Latin embrocation, from Late Latin embrocare, to rub with lotion, from Greek embroche lotion, from en- + brechein, to wet. My embrocation of choice:
Thanks, WikiMedia!
(TIL that Tiger Balm was developed in the 1870s in Rangoon, Burma, by a Fujian-born herbalist; the company moved to Singapore in the 1920s because of troubles with local officials of the British colonial government.)
---L.
Also the act of applying a liniment or lotion to the skin, but the verb embrocate is (even) more rare and so not helpful here. This is a surprisingly old word, dating to Middle English form embrocacioun, from Middle French embrocacion, from Medieval Latin embrocation, from Late Latin embrocare, to rub with lotion, from Greek embroche lotion, from en- + brechein, to wet. My embrocation of choice:
Thanks, WikiMedia!
(TIL that Tiger Balm was developed in the 1870s in Rangoon, Burma, by a Fujian-born herbalist; the company moved to Singapore in the 1920s because of troubles with local officials of the British colonial government.)
---L.
