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Definitions
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.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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