mollificativeadj.n.

Brit.

/məˈlɪfᵻkətɪv/, U.S.

/məˈlɪfəkədɪv/

Forms: Middle English mollificatif, Middle English mollificatife, Middle English mollificatyue, Middle English molyficatyffe, Middle English–1600s mollificatiue, 1500s molificative, 1500s mollyfycatyfe, 1500s mollyfycatyue, 1500s–1600s 1900s– mollificative.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin mollificativus, mollificativum.

Etymology: As adjective < post-classical Latin mollificativus (6th cent. in a medical text; from c1200 in British sources, chiefly in medical texts) < mollificat- , past participial stem of mollificare mollify v. + -ivus -ive suffix; compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French mollificatif , mollificative (second half of the 14th cent.), and also slightly later mollifying adj., mollitive adj. As noun < post-classical Latin mollificativum (from late 13th cent. in British sources), use as noun of neuter of mollificativus ; compare slightly later mollifying n., mollitive n.

A. adj.

Originally Medicine. Now literary. That makes soft or supple. Cf. mollitive adj.

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

a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 47 Þe chapitle of medicyns mollificatyues [?a1450 BL Add. medycine, molyficatyffes].

a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 353 (MED) Of mollificatif medicyns, or softenyng.

?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 123 (MED) Þis oinement is more mollificatiue & confortatiue of sinewes þen þe toþer aforne.

1526 Grete Herball cviii. sig. Giii^v/1 Agaynst gnawynge of the bely, make a clyster with this herbe soden in salt water with oyle and hony, but fyrst take a clystre mollyfycatyfe.

1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke vi. iv. 280 If you will make a clister mollificatiue lacking the thinges aforesaide doe thus.

1592 J. Lyly Gallathea ii. iii. sig. C3 Bellowes, molificatiue and enduratiue.

1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 45 This Vnguent is..of temperament..cold..mollificatiue [1653 mollificative], and attractiue.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Mollificative, that mollifies or makes soft, that makes tender or supple.

1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Mollificative, having a tendency to mollify.]

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 375 An exquisite dulcet epithalame of most mollificative suadency.

1995 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Island of Day Before 308 With simple and compound medicines.., and the Alexipharmaca, attractive, lenitive, purgative, mollificative.

†B. n.

Medicine. A medicine or ointment for softening a part of the body, an emollient. Cf. mollitive n. Obsolete.

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

a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 334 Þe sotil mater..bicameþ hard..þerfore þou muste..leie þerto mollificatiuis.

c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 62 (MED) If þou fynde þe membre aboute þe wounde hard, þanne anoynte him wiþ þe mollificatif.

1526 Grete Herball cccc1xxii. sig. Aavi^v/2 As an oyntement, it is of grete effycace, but the mollyfycatyues ought to be before.

1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke vi. iv. 280 Then make a clyster partly of mollificatiues, and partly of expulsiues.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mollificative
释义	mollificativeadj.n. Brit. /məˈlɪfᵻkətɪv/, U.S. /məˈlɪfəkədɪv/ Forms: Middle English mollificatif, Middle English mollificatife, Middle English mollificatyue, Middle English molyficatyffe, Middle English–1600s mollificatiue, 1500s molificative, 1500s mollyfycatyfe, 1500s mollyfycatyue, 1500s–1600s 1900s– mollificative. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin mollificativus, mollificativum. Etymology: As adjective < post-classical Latin mollificativus (6th cent. in a medical text; from c1200 in British sources, chiefly in medical texts) < mollificat- , past participial stem of mollificare mollify v. + -ivus -ive suffix; compare Anglo-Norman and Middle French mollificatif , mollificative (second half of the 14th cent.), and also slightly later mollifying adj., mollitive adj. As noun < post-classical Latin mollificativum (from late 13th cent. in British sources), use as noun of neuter of mollificativus ; compare slightly later mollifying n., mollitive n. A. adj. Originally Medicine. Now literary. That makes soft or supple. Cf. mollitive adj. 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 a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 47 Þe chapitle of medicyns mollificatyues [?a1450 BL Add. medycine, molyficatyffes]. a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 353 (MED) Of mollificatif medicyns, or softenyng. ?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 123 (MED) Þis oinement is more mollificatiue & confortatiue of sinewes þen þe toþer aforne. 1526 Grete Herball cviii. sig. Giii^v/1 Agaynst gnawynge of the bely, make a clyster with this herbe soden in salt water with oyle and hony, but fyrst take a clystre mollyfycatyfe. 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke vi. iv. 280 If you will make a clister mollificatiue lacking the thinges aforesaide doe thus. 1592 J. Lyly Gallathea ii. iii. sig. C3 Bellowes, molificatiue and enduratiue. 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 45 This Vnguent is..of temperament..cold..mollificatiue [1653 mollificative], and attractiue. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Mollificative, that mollifies or makes soft, that makes tender or supple. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Mollificative, having a tendency to mollify.] 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 375 An exquisite dulcet epithalame of most mollificative suadency. 1995 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Island of Day Before 308 With simple and compound medicines.., and the Alexipharmaca, attractive, lenitive, purgative, mollificative. †B. n. Medicine. A medicine or ointment for softening a part of the body, an emollient. Cf. mollitive n. Obsolete. 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 a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 334 Þe sotil mater..bicameþ hard..þerfore þou muste..leie þerto mollificatiuis. c1475 ( Surg. Treat. in MS Wellcome 564 f. 62 (MED) If þou fynde þe membre aboute þe wounde hard, þanne anoynte him wiþ þe mollificatif. 1526 Grete Herball cccc1xxii. sig. Aavi^v/2 As an oyntement, it is of grete effycace, but the mollyfycatyues ought to be before. 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke vi. iv. 280 Then make a clyster partly of mollificatiues, and partly of expulsiues. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.a1400
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