cleansing

[klenz]

Origin

verb (used with object)

to make clean.

to remove by or as if by cleaning: to cleanse sin from the soul.

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verb (used without object)

to become clean.

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Cleansing is always a great word to know.

So is slumgullion. Does it mean:

a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English clensen, Old English clǣnsian, equivalent to clǣne clean + -si- v. suffix + -an infinitive suffix

Related forms

cleans·a·ble, adjective

re·cleanse, verb (used with object), re·cleansed, re·cleans·ing.

un·cleans·a·ble, adjective

un·cleansed, adjective

well-cleansed, adjective

Can be confused: clean, cleanse (see synonym note at clean).

Synonyms
1. See clean.

Etymonline

Word Origin & History

cleanse

O.E. clænsian, from W.Gmc. *klainson, from *klainoz (see clean). Despite its modern spelling (16c.), it retains its M.E. pronunciation.

cleansing

O.E. clænsunge, noun of action from the root of cleanse. As a pp. adj., attested from c.1300.