emollient
Meanings
noun
- Something which softens or lubricates the skin; moisturizer.
- Anything soothing the mind, or that makes something more acceptable.
adj
- Moisturizing.
- Soothing or mollifying.
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Etymology
From French émollient, from Latin emolliēns, present active participle of ēmolliō (“make soft”), from ex- + molliō, from mollis (“soft”). By surface analysis, e- + Latin moll- + -i- + -ent.
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