emollientadj.n.

/ɪˈmɒlɪənt/

Forms: Also 1600s emolent, 1700s–1800s emolient.

Etymology: < Latin ēmollient-em, present participle of ēmollīre to soften < ex thoroughly + mollīre < mollis soft (compare melt v.¹).

Medicine.

A. adj.

That has the power of softening or relaxing the living animal textures. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > [adjective] > softening

mollificativea1400

mollitive?a1425

remollitive?a1425

malactic?1541

suppling1548

remollient1597

emolliative1601

emollitive1601

lenifying1617

emollient1643

supplying1651

malactical1657

mollient1721

1643 J. Steer tr. Fabricius Exper. Chyrurg. vii. 29 I use emolent Medicines.

1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick x. iii. 289 A Decoction of Emollient Herbs.

1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France i. 60 All the emollient cataplasms of robbery and confiscation.

1850 E. B. Browning tr. Æschylus Prometheus Bound (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 161 Mixtures of emollient remedies.

1876 S. W. Gross Gross's Pract. Treat. Dis. Bladder (ed. 3) i. i. 26 A large emollient poultice is applied to the vesicated surface.

B. n.

A softening application. Chiefly in plural. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > [noun] > softening medicine

mollificativea1400

mollifying?a1425

mollitive?a1425

remollitive?a1425

mollification1562

emollitive1601

mollient1612

remollient1612

malactic1634

emollient1656

1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 13 Lay not on the scarified place emollients.

1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety xix. 423 This Pacifick purpose, as a lenitive and Emollient.

1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 42 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. The Emollients and Opiats of Poesy.

1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 582 True emollients are perfectly bland, fatty substances.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	emollient
释义	emollientadj.n. /ɪˈmɒlɪənt/ Forms: Also 1600s emolent, 1700s–1800s emolient. Etymology: < Latin ēmollient-em, present participle of ēmollīre to soften < ex thoroughly + mollīre < mollis soft (compare melt v.¹). Medicine. A. adj. That has the power of softening or relaxing the living animal textures. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > [adjective] > softening mollificativea1400 mollitive?a1425 remollitive?a1425 malactic?1541 suppling1548 remollient1597 emolliative1601 emollitive1601 lenifying1617 emollient1643 supplying1651 malactical1657 mollient1721 1643 J. Steer tr. Fabricius Exper. Chyrurg. vii. 29 I use emolent Medicines. 1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick x. iii. 289 A Decoction of Emollient Herbs. 1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France i. 60 All the emollient cataplasms of robbery and confiscation. 1850 E. B. Browning tr. Æschylus Prometheus Bound (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 161 Mixtures of emollient remedies. 1876 S. W. Gross Gross's Pract. Treat. Dis. Bladder (ed. 3) i. i. 26 A large emollient poultice is applied to the vesicated surface. B. n. A softening application. Chiefly in plural. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > [noun] > softening medicine mollificativea1400 mollifying?a1425 mollitive?a1425 remollitive?a1425 mollification1562 emollitive1601 mollient1612 remollient1612 malactic1634 emollient1656 1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 13 Lay not on the scarified place emollients. 1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety xix. 423 This Pacifick purpose, as a lenitive and Emollient. 1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 42 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. The Emollients and Opiats of Poesy. 1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 582 True emollients are perfectly bland, fatty substances. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.n.1643
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