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salivant

Today it means: A drug or agent that induces salivation. Full definition →

Latin salivant-

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Latin · derived fromsalivant-
English todaysalivant

Latin salivant-, salivans, present participle of salivare (“to spit out”), from saliva, corresponding to saliva + -ant

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.