suffumigation

noun

suf·​fumigation

(ˌ)sə+

1

: the act or process of suffumigating (as in magic rites or in treatment)

2

: a fume, smoke, or vapor used in suffumigating

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin suffumigation-, suffumigatio, from Latin suffumigatus + -ion-, -io -ion

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