relaxative

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adjective

Having the quality of relaxing; relaxing or laxative.

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Meanings

adjectiverelaxative (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving the quality of relaxing; relaxing or laxative.
nounrelaxative (plural relaxatives)

plural relaxatives

  1. A relaxant.

    you are troubled with some ligatures i' th' neck of your vesica[…]therefore you must use relaxatives

    1632 (first performance), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “The Magnetick Lady: Or, Humors Reconcil’d. A Comedy […]”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)

Origin

From relax + -ative.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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