† ˈmundifier Obs.
[f. mundify v. + -er1.]
One who, or a thing which, mundifies; a cleansing medicament.
| 1603 Lodge Treat. Plague I 3 b, Make an ointment thereof, for it is a mundifier. 1630 J. Taylor (Water P.) Praise Clean Linen Ded., Wks. ii. 165 Hee is a mender and you are a mundifier... Your Art is to keepe our bodies sweet and cleane. 1695 J. Edwards Perfect. Script. 192 Smegmaticks mundifiers, cleansers, adorners, are useful. 1727–41 Chambers Cycl., Mundificatives, or Mundifyers, in medicine, denote cleansers, purifyers, or detergents. |