lambative

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adjective

Taken by licking with the tongue.

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Meanings

adjectivelambative (not comparable)
  1. archaicnot comparableTaken by licking with the tongue.

    Syrups and lambitive medicines.

    1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
nounlambative (plural lambatives)

plural lambatives

  1. archaicA medicine taken by licking with the tongue; a lincture.

    advising a Lambative of album

    1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
linctus

Origin

Latin lambō (“to lick, lap”).

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APA

lambative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lambative

MLA

“lambative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lambative. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lambative,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lambative.

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