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emollient

noun
/ɪˈmɒl.ɪ.ənt/UK/ɪˈmɑl.jənt/US

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from emolliēns
  2. borrowed from émollient

Definitions

  1. Something which softens or lubricates the skin

    Something which softens or lubricates the skin; moisturizer.

    • 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, […]

  2. Anything soothing the mind, or that makes something more acceptable.

    • 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.

  3. Moisturizing.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Soothing or mollifying.

      • Summit exposes tensions over AI development despite emollient Chinese tone [title]

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Derived

emolliently, unemollient

Vish — recursive loop

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