Mundation
(Mun*da"tion) n. [L. mundatio, fr. mundare to make clean.] The act of cleansing. [Obs.]
Mundatory
(Mun"da*to*ry) a. [L. mundatorius.] Cleansing; having power to cleanse. [Obs.]
Mundic
(Mun"dic) n. Iron pyrites, or arsenical pyrites; — so called by the Cornish miners.
Mundificant
(Mun*dif"i*cant) a. [L. mundificans, p. pr. of mundificare to make clean, fr. mundus
clean + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See - fy.] Serving to cleanse and heal. — n. A mundificant ointment
or plaster.
Mundification
(Mun`di*fi*ca"tion) n. The act or operation of cleansing.
Mundificative
(Mun*dif"i*ca*tive) a. Cleansing. — n. A detergent medicine or preparation.
Mundify
(Mun"di*fy) v. t. [Cf. F. mondifier, L. mundificare. See Mundificant.] To cleanse. [Obs.]
Mundil
(Mun"dil) n. A turban ornamented with an imitation of gold or silver embroidery.
Mundivagant
(Mun*div"a*gant) a. [L. mundus the world + vagans wandering, p. pr. of vagari. See
Vagary.] Wandering over the world. [R.]
Mundungus
(Mun*dun"gus) n. [Cf. Sp. mondongo paunch, tripe, black pudding.] A stinking tobacco.
Munerary
(Mu"ner*a*ry) a. [L. munerarius, from munus a gift.] Having the nature of a gift. [Obs.]
Munerate
(Mu"ner*ate) v. t. [L. muneratus, p. p. of munerare to give, bestow, fr. munus a gift.] To
remunerate.
Muneration
(Mu`ner*a"tion) n. [L. muneratio.] Remuneration. [Obs.]
Mung
(Mung) n. [Hind. mung.] (Bot.) Green gram, a kind of pulse grown for food in British India.
Balfour
Munga
(Mun"ga) n. (Zoöl.) See Bonnet monkey, under Bonnet.
Mungcorn
(Mung"corn`) n. Same as Mangcorn.
Mungo
(Mun"go) n. A fibrous material obtained by deviling rags or the remnants of woolen goods.
Mungo properly signifies the disintegrated rags of woolen cloth, as distinguished from those of worsted,
which form shoddy. The distinction is very commonly disregarded. Beck
Mungoose
(Mun"goose, Mun"goos) n. (Zoöl.) See Mongoose.
Mungrel
(Mun"grel) n. & a. See Mongrel.
Municipal
(Mu*nic"i*pal) a. [L. municipalis, fr. municipium a town, particularly in Italy, which possessed
the right of Roman citizenship, but was governed by its own laws, a free town, fr. municeps an inhabitant
of a free town, a free citizen; munia official duties, functions + capere to take: cf. F. municipal. Cf. Immunity,
and Capacoius.]
1. Of or pertaining to a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government; as, municipal
rights; municipal officers.
