Meanings
nounemollition (countable and uncountable, plural emollitions)
plural emollitions
- countableuncommonuncountableThe act of softening, dulling or relaxing.
The cause of the sweetness by rolling and pressing , is emollition, which they properly induce
1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC
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