solutive

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adjective

Tending to produce relaxation (as of the bowels); having laxative properties.

OriginMedieval Latin solutivus ← Latin solutus →
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Meanings

adjectivesolutive (comparative more solutive, superlative most solutive)

comparative more solutive · superlative most solutive

  1. rareTending to produce relaxation (as of the bowels); having laxative properties.
  2. loosening (of strictness of contractual terms), through gradual dissolution of binding obligations (as of a previously agreed-upon contract)

    so abstersive, and opening, and solutive a drink as mead

    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
nounsolutive (plural solutives)

plural solutives

  1. A laxative medicine.

Origin

  1. Latinsolutus
  2. Medieval Latinsolutivus
  3. Englishsolutive

From Medieval Latin solutivus, from Latin solutus (the past participle of solvere) + -ive (from the Latin suffix -ivus). Compare French solutif.

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Anagrams

levitous
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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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