A substance or augmentation made with eggs, or egg-based material used in cooking or medicine; an archaic or specialized term.
From 'egg' + '-ment' suffix (result or product of an action), following Latin-influenced English word formation. This is a rare or archaic term with uncertain modern usage.
Medieval medical texts and cookbooks used obscure terms like 'eggment' to describe egg-based remedies and preparations, many of which were believed to have healing properties ranging from treating wounds to improving digestion.
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