mollient

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adjective

Serving to soften or assuage; emollient.

OriginLatin molliens →
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Meanings

adjectivemollient (comparative more mollient, superlative most mollient)

comparative more mollient · superlative most mollient

  1. Serving to soften or assuage; emollient.

Origin

  1. Latinmolliens
  2. Englishmollient

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

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mollient. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mollient

MLA

“mollient.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mollient. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mollient,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mollient.

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