mundificant

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• Mundificant — Mun*dif i*cant, a. [L. mundificans, p. pr. of mundificare to make clean, fr. mundus clean + ficare (in comp.) to make. See { fy}.] Serving to cleanse and heal. n. A mundificant ointment or plaster. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Mundify — Mun di*fy, v. t. [Cf. F. mondifier, L. mundificare. See {Mundificant}.] To cleanse. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• mundificatory — adjective Of or pertaining to cleansing Not that the results of her attention to household matters, of a decorative and mundificatory character, are not pleasing to the sense of men trained in middle class proprieties; but the taste to which… …   Wiktionary

• mundify —   v.t. cleanse; heal.    ♦ mundificant, n. amp; a.    ♦ mundification,    ♦ mundifier, n …   Dictionary of difficult words