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mollient

mollient adjective: serving to soften or assuage; emollient.

Adjective

mollient (comparative more mollient, superlative most mollient)

  1. Serving to soften or assuage; emollient.

Forms of mollient

comparativemore mollient
superlativemost mollient

Origin of mollient

From Latin molliens, past participle of mollire (“to soften”), from mollis (“soft”). By surface analysis, Latin moll- + -i- + -ent.

Words formed from mollient

Questions about mollient

What does mollient mean?
Mollient means serving to soften or assuage; emollient.
What part of speech is mollient?
Mollient is an adjective.

Words near mollient in the dictionary

  1. mollie house
  2. mollie houses
  3. mollie-house
  4. mollie-houses
  5. mollied
  6. mollient
  7. molliently
  8. Mollier diagram
  9. Mollier diagrams
  10. mollies
  11. mollifiable

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