English Explanatory Dictionary

mollient

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Serving to soften or assuage; emollient.

Word forms

mollient more mollient most mollient

Etymology

From Latin molliens, past participle of mollire (“to soften”), from mollis (“soft”). By surface analysis, Latin moll- + -i- + -ent.

Derived words

molliently
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