† mollitiveadj.n.

Forms: late Middle English mollitif, late Middle English mollitiue, late Middle English mollityve, 1600s mollitive.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mollitivus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin mollitivus emollient (11th cent.; from 13th cent. in British sources; chiefly in medical writers) < classical Latin mollīt- , past participial stem of mollīre to soften (see mollient adj.) + -īvus -ive suffix. With use as adjective compare mollifying adj. and slightly earlier mollificative adj. With use as noun compare post-classical Latin mollitiva , plural (1363 in Chauliac: see quot. ?a1425 at sense B.), use as noun of neuter of mollitivus ; compare mollifying n. and slightly earlier mollificative n.

Medicine. Obsolete.

A. adj.

That makes soft or supple; emollient. Cf. mollificative adj.

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

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 34 Al þingez resolutiuez, mollitiuez [?c1425 Paris All resoluynge and softnynge medycynes], when þai fynde materie & place repungnyng to resolucioun, þai mature þe materie & insanieþ it.

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 177 Auxingia..is mollitif & maturatif.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. Table sig. Nnn/1 Mollitive medicines.

1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. v, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Dd3^v A malactical and mollitive Medicament, and a Malagm do not at all differ.

B. n.

A medicinal preparation used to soften or soothe the skin or other tissue, an emollient. Cf. mollificative n.

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

?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 107^v (MED) Þu schalt neuer ben aboute to drien oþer to resolue in þe heued with mollitiues.

?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 591 It byhoueþ a maturynge medecyne to be hote and moyste..neuerþelatter noght so moche as mollityves [?a1425 N.Y. Acad. Med. a mollificatif; L. mollitiua].

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	mollitive
释义	† mollitiveadj.n. Forms: late Middle English mollitif, late Middle English mollitiue, late Middle English mollityve, 1600s mollitive. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mollitivus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin mollitivus emollient (11th cent.; from 13th cent. in British sources; chiefly in medical writers) < classical Latin mollīt- , past participial stem of mollīre to soften (see mollient adj.) + -īvus -ive suffix. With use as adjective compare mollifying adj. and slightly earlier mollificative adj. With use as noun compare post-classical Latin mollitiva , plural (1363 in Chauliac: see quot. ?a1425 at sense B.), use as noun of neuter of mollitivus ; compare mollifying n. and slightly earlier mollificative n. Medicine. Obsolete. A. adj. That makes soft or supple; emollient. Cf. mollificative adj. 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 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 34 Al þingez resolutiuez, mollitiuez [?c1425 Paris All resoluynge and softnynge medycynes], when þai fynde materie & place repungnyng to resolucioun, þai mature þe materie & insanieþ it. ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 177 Auxingia..is mollitif & maturatif. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. Table sig. Nnn/1 Mollitive medicines. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. v, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. Dd3^v A malactical and mollitive Medicament, and a Malagm do not at all differ. B. n. A medicinal preparation used to soften or soothe the skin or other tissue, an emollient. Cf. mollificative n. 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 ?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 107^v (MED) Þu schalt neuer ben aboute to drien oþer to resolue in þe heued with mollitiues. ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 591 It byhoueþ a maturynge medecyne to be hote and moyste..neuerþelatter noght so moche as mollityves [?a1425 N.Y. Acad. Med. a mollificatif; L. mollitiua]. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.?a1425
随便看	wive wive it wived wiven wiver wiver-tree wivers wivertree wives wiving wiwi wiyot wiyots wizard wizard-craft wizard-finder wizard-like writheneck writhener writhenest writhenner writhenness writhennest writher writhers