unguent /ˈʌŋɡjuənt/adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •Taking the form of a cream or ointment.In vials of ivory and coloured glass / Unstoppered, lurked her strange synthetic perfumes, / Unguent, powdered, or liquid— […] — 1922 noun1 •Any cream containing medicinal ingredients applied to the skin for therapeutic purposes."Alas!" said Syntax, "could I pop / Just now, upon a blacksmith's shop, / Whose cooling unguents would avail / To save poor Grizzle's ears and tail!" — 1809 formsunguents
