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PURGAMENT

Definition: PURGAMENT

PURGAMENT

Noun

1. A cathartic; a purgative.

2. That which is excreted; excretion.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Purgament \Pur"ga*ment\, noun. [Latin expression purgamentum offscourings, washings, expiatory sacrifice. See Purge.]. (Websters 1913)


Rhyming with "PURGAMENT"

Words rhyming with "PURGAMENT" (pronounced 'Pur"ga*ment'): Abandonment, Abasement, Abashment, Abatement, Abetment, Abiliment, Abjurement, Abodement, Abolishment, Aborsement, Abortment, Abridgment, Absentment, Abutment, Acclimatement, Accompaniment, Accomplishment, Accordment, Accouchement, Accouplement, Accroachment, Accrument, Accusement, Acharnement, Acknowledgment, Acquirement, Acquitment, Additament, Adjournment, Adjudgment, Adjument, Adjustment, Admonishment, Adorement, Adornment, Advancement, Advertisement, Advisement, Affamishment, Affeerment, Afforcement, Afforciament, Affordment, Affranchisement, Affrayment, Affreightment, Affrightment, Aggrandizement, Aggroupment, Agistment. (additional references)

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Anagrams: PURGAMENT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-g-m-n-p-r-t-u"

-1 letter: argentum, argument.

-2 letters: augment, garment, gaunter, margent, mutagen, putamen, tempura, trepang.

-3 letters: antrum, argent, arpent, engram, enrapt, entrap, garnet, german, granum, gurnet, magnet, manger, manure, marten, mature, mauger, maugre, nature, nutmeg, parent, parget, peanut, pneuma, preman, punter, ragmen, regnum, repugn, rugate, tamper, tergum, trepan, untame, uprate, uptear, urgent.

-4 letters: agent, ament, anger, antre, apter.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-g-m-n-p-r-t-u"
 

+4 letters: mousetrapping, perambulating.

 

+5 letters: preformulating, spermatogonium, suprasegmental.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: PURGAMENT


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 55 52 47 41 4D 45 4E 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.--.    ..-    .-.    --.    .-    --    .    -.    -

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01010101 01010010 01000111 01000001 01001101 01000101 01001110 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#85 &#82 &#71 &#65 &#77 &#69 &#78 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0055 0052 0047 0041 004D 0045 004E 0054

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

505552413547394854

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Rhymes
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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