any cream containing medicinal ingredients applied to the skin for therapeutic purposes
Thou knowest of old that my temper is somewhat choleric, and my tongue not greased with that unguent which oils the mouths of the lip-serving lords of the land.
[ '&[ng]-gw&nt, '&n- ] (noun.) 15th century. From Latin unguentum (“ointment”), from unguō (“smear with ointment”), from Proto-Indo-European *ongw- (“to salve”). Cognates include Old Prussian anctan, Old High German ancho, German anke (“butter”), Welsh ymenyn (“butter”).