† minorativeadj.n.

Forms: 1500s minoratyve, 1600s–1800s minorative.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French minoratif.

Etymology: < Middle French, French minoratif (c1370 in figurative use, 1515 in spec. medical sense; 1534 as noun) < minorer (see minorate v.) + -atif -ative suffix. Compare post-classical Latin minorativus (9th cent.).

Obsolete.

A. adj.

That diminishes or lessens something; spec. (of a medicine) mildly laxative.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [adjective] > purgative

outrunningeOE

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evacuant1800

relaxatory1925

1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. ii. ix. f. 225/2 Clysters some tymes do supplye the rowme of minoratyue medicines.

1747 tr. J. Astruc Academical Lect. Fevers 112 Nothing but minorative apozems should be ordered.

1826 Lancet 24 June 401/2 The first method is divided into specific or modal, and ‘minorative or gradual’.

B. n.

A mildly laxative medicine.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > purgative

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abstersive?a1425

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laxation1897

mochlic1907

jollop1955

poop-pusher1966

1633 J. Hart Κλινικη iii. xiv. 284 When..wee feare lest nature faint before perfect concoction, we may sometimes use a gentle minorative.

1747 tr. J. Astruc Academical Lect. Fevers 232 Others give minoratives more frequently.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	minorative
释义	† minorativeadj.n. Forms: 1500s minoratyve, 1600s–1800s minorative. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French minoratif. Etymology: < Middle French, French minoratif (c1370 in figurative use, 1515 in spec. medical sense; 1534 as noun) < minorer (see minorate v.) + -atif -ative suffix. Compare post-classical Latin minorativus (9th cent.). Obsolete. A. adj. That diminishes or lessens something; spec. (of a medicine) mildly laxative. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [adjective] > purgative outrunningeOE laxativea1398 purgativea1398 openinga1400 abstersive?a1425 purging?c1425 solublec1503 minorative1543 purgy1562 relaxing1562 solutive1564 benedict1576 aperitive1582 scouring1597 apertive1605 dejective1605 relaxative1611 subductory1620 calastic1621 aperient1626 cathartic1639 dejectory1640 relaxant1651 spurginga1652 cathartical1656 anastomotic1657 ecphractic1657 ecphractical1657 rhyptical1657 rhyptic1659 loosening1665 eccathartic1681 fluxing1702 chalastic1704 loosinga1722 hypactic1753 evacuatory1789 evacuant1800 relaxatory1925 1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. ii. ix. f. 225/2 Clysters some tymes do supplye the rowme of minoratyue medicines. 1747 tr. J. Astruc Academical Lect. Fevers 112 Nothing but minorative apozems should be ordered. 1826 Lancet 24 June 401/2 The first method is divided into specific or modal, and ‘minorative or gradual’. B. n. A mildly laxative medicine. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > purgative laxativec1386 abstersive?a1425 purgative?a1425 lax1526 purgation1527 cleanser1528 looser1528 laskc1540 purger1558 solutory1561 scouring1575 expulsive1576 purge1593 solutive1605 opener1610 physica1616 calastic1621 loosener1630 minorative1633 relaxativea1637 cathartic1651 eccoprotic1656 vacuative1656 aperitive1671 spurger1681 aperient1682 hypercathartic1706 chalastic1708 scourer1718 drastic1783 solvent1815 purgament1828 dejector1831 laxation1897 mochlic1907 jollop1955 poop-pusher1966 1633 J. Hart Κλινικη iii. xiv. 284 When..wee feare lest nature faint before perfect concoction, we may sometimes use a gentle minorative. 1747 tr. J. Astruc Academical Lect. Fevers 232 Others give minoratives more frequently. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.1543
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