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emollient

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9 lettersPronunciation /ɪˈmɒl.ɪ.ənt/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted eeillmnotStarts with EEnds with T0 clues
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Definitions

  1. having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin

Word origin

From French émollient, from Latin emolliēns, present active participle of ēmolliō (“make soft”), from ex- + molliō, from mollis (“soft”). By surface analysis, e- + Latin moll- + -i- + -ent.

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  • 2008, Carol A. Miller, Nursing for Wellness in Older Adults (Fifth edition), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, p. 505, [T]he effectiveness of an emollient is based on its ability to prevent water evaporation, […]
  • Hail, Poetry, thou heav’n-born maid! / Thou gildest e’en the pirate’s trade. / Hail, flowing fount of sentiment! / All hail, divine emollient!
  • Attentive conversation is an emollient I lack sorely aboard Prophetess & the doctor is a veritable polymath.

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