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mollient, a. and n.|ˈmɒlɪənt|
[f. L. mollient-em, pr. pple. of mollīre to soften, f. molli-s soft: see -ent.]
a. adj. Softening. rare—0.
†b. n. Med. A softening application. Obs.
1612Enchiridion Med. 92, I apply mollients and resolutiues. 1721Bailey, Mollient, softening, mollifying. 1736Ainsworth Lat. Dict., Mollient, molliens, deliniens.
Hence ˈmolliently adv., soothingly, assuagingly.
1847in Webster; and in later Dicts. |