mollientn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈmɒlɪənt/, U.S.

/ˈmɑliənt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin mollient-, molliēns.

Etymology: < classical Latin mollient-, molliēns, present participle of mollīre to soften, specifically (in medical use) to soften or relax (the body) < mollis soft (see moll adj.); compare -ent suffix. With use as noun, compare earlier mollificative n., mollitive n., mollifying n., mollification n., mollifier n. With use as adjective, compare earlier mollificative adj., mollifying adj., mollitive adj.

†A. n. Medicine.

A medicine or ointment for softening a part of the body, an emollient. Obsolete. rare.

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

1612 P. Pomarius Enchiridion Med. (new ed.) 92 I apply mollients and resolutiues.

B. adj.

Softening, soothing.

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

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Mollient, softening, mollifying.

1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ Mollient, molliens, deliniens.

1792 T. Odiorne Progress of Refinement 163 Nor the hand Of culture thrown its mollient richness round.

1822 J. Hogg Royal Jubilee 10 When his eye first found the Ochels green, How it beamed with the heart's own mollient dew.

1859 R. B. Sage Rocky Mountain Life 348 It [sc. a pelt] is stoutly rubbed with the hands in order to open its pores and admit the mollient properties of the fluid.

1926 Public Opinion 23 July 89/1 Like the mollient influence of an ineffable sacrifice—their fragrance lingers with us.

1990 Manch. Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 7 Oct. 4 Mr. Gould's mollient regrets..make Mr. Patten sound quite dynamic.

Derivatives

† molliently adv. Obsolete rare soothingly, assuagingly.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Molliently, assuagingly.

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

单词	mollient
释义	mollientn.adj. Brit. /ˈmɒlɪənt/, U.S. /ˈmɑliənt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin mollient-, molliēns. Etymology: < classical Latin mollient-, molliēns, present participle of mollīre to soften, specifically (in medical use) to soften or relax (the body) < mollis soft (see moll adj.); compare -ent suffix. With use as noun, compare earlier mollificative n., mollitive n., mollifying n., mollification n., mollifier n. With use as adjective, compare earlier mollificative adj., mollifying adj., mollitive adj. †A. n. Medicine. A medicine or ointment for softening a part of the body, an emollient. Obsolete. rare. 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 1612 P. Pomarius Enchiridion Med. (new ed.) 92 I apply mollients and resolutiues. B. adj. Softening, soothing. 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 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Mollient, softening, mollifying. 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ Mollient, molliens, deliniens. 1792 T. Odiorne Progress of Refinement 163 Nor the hand Of culture thrown its mollient richness round. 1822 J. Hogg Royal Jubilee 10 When his eye first found the Ochels green, How it beamed with the heart's own mollient dew. 1859 R. B. Sage Rocky Mountain Life 348 It [sc. a pelt] is stoutly rubbed with the hands in order to open its pores and admit the mollient properties of the fluid. 1926 Public Opinion 23 July 89/1 Like the mollient influence of an ineffable sacrifice—their fragrance lingers with us. 1990 Manch. Guardian Weekly (Nexis) 7 Oct. 4 Mr. Gould's mollient regrets..make Mr. Patten sound quite dynamic. Derivatives † molliently adv. Obsolete rare soothingly, assuagingly.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Molliently, assuagingly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1612
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