mollitiousadj.

Brit.

/mɒˈlɪʃəs/, U.S.

/ˌmɑˈlɪʃəs/

Forms: 1600s mollicious, 1600s 1800s mollitious.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin mollitiēs , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin mollitiēs softness (see mollities n.) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier mollity n. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (mǫli·ʃəs) /mɒˈlɪʃəs/.

Now rare (poetic or archaic in later use).

Luxurious; sensuous.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [adjective] > luxurious (of things)

delicatec1400

delicious?c1450

fleshpot1535

lascivious1589

nice1621

mollitious1629

luxurious1650

luxuriant1671

voluptuous1816

de luxe1819

plushy1884

plush1890

1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia i. 16 When as the dainty and mollitious ayre Had bid the Lady of the Pallace, share In her refined pleasures.

a1644 F. Quarles Judgem. & Mercy (1646) 79 Can lusty diet, and mollicious rest bring forth no other fruits, but faint desires, rigid thoughts, and Phlegmatick conceits?

1665 J. Crowne Pandion & Amphigenia ii. 189 His ear was arrested with a voice, which according it self to a Lutes mollitious Aires, was..harmoniously rapturous.

1840 R. Browning Sordello iii. 129 Mollitious alcoves gilt Superb as Byzant-domes the devils built.

1983 P. Quarrington Home Game vii. 72 Let us prevail upon Madame Tanya to tell us how she keeps her whiskers in such mollitious condition.

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

单词	mollitious
释义	mollitiousadj. Brit. /mɒˈlɪʃəs/, U.S. /ˌmɑˈlɪʃəs/ Forms: 1600s mollicious, 1600s 1800s mollitious. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin mollitiēs , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin mollitiēs softness (see mollities n.) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier mollity n. N.E.D. (1907) gives the pronunciation as (mǫli·ʃəs) /mɒˈlɪʃəs/. Now rare (poetic or archaic in later use). Luxurious; sensuous. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > luxury or luxurious living > [adjective] > luxurious (of things) delicatec1400 delicious?c1450 fleshpot1535 lascivious1589 nice1621 mollitious1629 luxurious1650 luxuriant1671 voluptuous1816 de luxe1819 plushy1884 plush1890 1629 F. Quarles Argalus & Parthenia i. 16 When as the dainty and mollitious ayre Had bid the Lady of the Pallace, share In her refined pleasures. a1644 F. Quarles Judgem. & Mercy (1646) 79 Can lusty diet, and mollicious rest bring forth no other fruits, but faint desires, rigid thoughts, and Phlegmatick conceits? 1665 J. Crowne Pandion & Amphigenia ii. 189 His ear was arrested with a voice, which according it self to a Lutes mollitious Aires, was..harmoniously rapturous. 1840 R. Browning Sordello iii. 129 Mollitious alcoves gilt Superb as Byzant-domes the devils built. 1983 P. Quarrington Home Game vii. 72 Let us prevail upon Madame Tanya to tell us how she keeps her whiskers in such mollitious condition. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1629
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