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malacissation

malacissation noun: the act of making soft or supple.

Noun

malacissation (countable and uncountable, plural malacissations)

  1. (obsolete, rare) The act of making soft or supple.
    • All sudden renovation of the body is wrought either by the spirit, or by malacissations.1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...

Forms of malacissation

pluralmalacissations

Origin of malacissation

From Latin malacissare (“to make soft”), from Ancient Greek.

Questions about malacissation

What does malacissation mean?
Malacissation means the act of making soft or supple.
What part of speech is malacissation?
Malacissation is a noun.
What is the plural of malacissation?
The plural of malacissation is malacissations.

Words near malacissation in the dictionary

  1. malacia
  2. malacias
  3. malacic
  4. malacidin
  5. malacidins
  6. malacissation
  7. malacissations
  8. malaco-
  9. malacocoenoses
  10. malacocoenosis
  11. malacoderm

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