rinsing

[rin-sing] Origin

rins·ing

[rin-sing]
noun
1.
an act or instance of rinsing.
2.
Usually, rinsings. the liquid with which anything has been rinsed.

Origin:
1325–75; Middle English rinsynge. See rinse, -ing1

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Rinsing is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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rinse

[rins] verb, rinsed, rins·ing, noun
verb (used with object)
1.
to wash lightly, as by pouring water into or over or by dipping in water: to rinse a cup.
2.
to douse or drench in clean water as a final stage in washing.
3.
to remove (soap, dirt, etc.) by such a process (often followed by off).
4.
to use a rinse on (the hair).
noun
5.
an act or instance of rinsing.
6.
the water used for rinsing.
7.
any preparation that may be used on the hair after washing, especially to tint or condition the hair.
8.
an act or instance of using such a preparation on the hair.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English ryncen < Middle French rincer, Old French recincier < Vulgar Latin *recentiāre to make new, refresh, equivalent to Latin recent- (stem of recēns) fresh, recent + connective -i- + -āre infinitive suffix

rins·a·ble, rinse·a·ble, adjective
rins·a·bil·i·ty, rinse·a·bil·i·ty, noun
pre·rinse, verb (used with object), pre·rinsed, pre·rins·ing.
pre·rinse, noun
un·rinsed, adjective
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Word Origin & History

rinse
1338, from O.Fr. rincier, perhaps a dissimilated form of recincier "cleanse," from V.L. *recentiare "renew, refresh," from L.L. recentare "to make fresh," from L. recens (gen. recentis) "fresh." The noun is attested from 1837.
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