purgament

English

Etymology

From Latin purgamentum (“offscourings, washings, expiatory sacrifice”). See purge.

Noun

purgament (plural purgaments)

1. (obsolete) That which is excreted or purged; excretion.
2. (obsolete) A cathartic; a purgative.
   • 1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC:

     superfluous Purgaments and Excrements

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “purgament”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)