Etymology

mollient

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Today it means: Serving to soften or assuage; emollient. Full definition →

Latin molliens
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  1. Latin · derived frommolliens
  2. English todaymollient

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

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