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emollient, a. and n. Med.|ɪˈmɒlɪənt|
Also 7 emolent, 8–9 emolient.
[f. L. ēmollient-em, pr. pple. of ēmollī-re to soften, f. ē intensive + molli-s soft.]
A. adj. That has the power of softening or relaxing the living animal textures. Also fig.
1643J. Steer tr. Exper. Chyrurg. vii. 29, I use emolent Medicines. 1655Culpepper et al. Riverius x. iii. 289 A Decoction of Emollient Herbs. 1796Burke Regic. Peace Wks. VIII. 135 All the emolient cataplasms of robbery and confiscation. 1833Mrs. Browning Prometh. Bound Poet. Wks. (1850) I. 161 Mixtures of emollient remedies. 1876Gross Dis. Bladder 26 A large emollient poultice is applied to the vesicated surface.
B. n. A softening application. Chiefly in pl. Also fig.
1656Ridgley Pract. Physick 13 Lay not on the scarified place emollients. 1667Decay Chr. Piety xix. §13 (1683) 368 This pacifick purpose, as a lenitive and emollient. 1727Pope, etc. Art Sinking 92 The emollients and opiats of poesy. 1875H. Wood Therap. (1879) 582 True emollients are perfectly bland, fatty substances. |