remollient

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adjective

mollifying; softening; soft

Scrabble 12

Meanings

adjectiveremollient (comparative more remollient, superlative most remollient)

comparative more remollient · superlative most remollient

  1. obsoletemollifying; softening; soft

Origin

  1. Latinremolliens
  2. Englishremollient

From Latin remolliens, present participle of remollire (“to mollify”). Compare French rémollient. See mollient.

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

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