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minorative

adj
/ˈmaɪnəɹeɪtɪv/UK

Etymology

From the late-Middle French minoratif, minorative (“that diminishes or lessens”, of a medicine “mildly laxative”; as a noun “a mild laxative”), from minorer (“to diminish the importance [of]”). Equivalent to minorate (“diminish”, “lessen”) + -ive. Compare the post-Classical (i.e. 9th C.) Latin minōrātīvus.

  1. derived from minōrātus
  2. suffixed as minorative — “minorate + ive”

Definitions

  1. That diminishes or attenuates

  2. Gently laxative.

    • Clysters sometymes do supplye the rowme of minoratyve medicines.
    • Nothing but minorative apozems should be ordered.

  3. A gently laxative medicine.

    • When […] wee feare lest nature faint before perfect concoction, we may sometimes use a gentle minorative.
    • Others give minoratives more frequently.

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