Other forms: lotions
A lotion is a creamy liquid rubbed into skin to soften or protect it. Suncream lotion, apply the lotion, hand lotion.
It is thinner than a cream and thicker than a spray, and the difference is how much water it holds. Calamine lotion for itching has been in use for over a century. The Latin behind it means a washing, from the verb to wash.
1nounlotionA creamy liquid rubbed into the skin.
“Put some lotion on your hands; they look really dry.”
lotion is a liquid.
Also accepted in games: moisturizer
Latin lotio means a washing, from lavare, to wash. Lavatory and lather come from the same washing.
Middle English
locion
English, today
lotion
From Middle English locion. See lave. a doublet of lavation.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA