Meanings
adjectiveconstringent (comparative more constringent, superlative most constringent)
comparative more constringent · superlative most constringent
- contracting, binding, or compressing.
constringent action
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constringent motion
Our strengthen'd bodies in its cold embrace, Constringent; feeds, and animates our blood
a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Winter”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC
Origin
- Latinconstringens
- Englishconstringent
From Latin constringens.
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constringent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/constringent
MLA
“constringent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/constringent. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “constringent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/constringent.
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