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Webster 1913 Edition
Lotion
1.
A washing, especially of the skin for the purpose of rendering it fair.
2.
A liquid preparation for bathing the skin, or an injured or diseased part, either for a medicinal purpose, or for improving its appearance.
Webster 1828 Edition
Lotion
LO'TION
,Noun.
1.
A washing; particularly, a washing of the skin for the purpose of rendering it fair.2.
A liquid preparation for washing some part of the body, to cleanse it of fourlness or deformity.3.
In pharmacy, a preparation of medicines, by washing them in some liquid, to remove foreign substances, impurities, &c.Definition 2025
lotion
lotion
English
Noun
lotion (usually uncountable, plural lotions)
- A low- to medium-viscosity topical preparation intended for application to unbroken skin.
- (archaic) A washing, especially of the skin for the purpose of beautification.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
ointment that one rubs on the skin
See also
- cream (generally a bit thicker than a lotion)
Verb
lotion (third-person singular simple present lotions, present participle lotioning, simple past and past participle lotioned)
- (transitive) To cover or treat with a lotion.
- 2005, Ryan Phillips, Fall from Grace (page 52)
- Grace lotions her arms and legs and joins him in the large walk-in closet where they change out of their clothes and into their pajamas—loose-fitting cotton bottoms for Mike and a lace-trimmed baby doll nightie for Grace.
- 2011, Jeanne Starr Gater, Bring Back Summertime (page 89)
- I would finish my daily ranging session by lotioning his legs, and lotioning and rubbing his feet.
- 2005, Ryan Phillips, Fall from Grace (page 52)