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remollient

remollient adjective: mollifying; softening; soft.

Adjective

remollient (comparative more remollient, superlative most remollient)

  1. (obsolete) mollifying; softening; soft

Forms of remollient

comparativemore remollient
superlativemost remollient

Origin of remollient

From Latin remolliens, present participle of remollire (“to mollify”). Compare French rémollient. See mollient.

Questions about remollient

What does remollient mean?
Remollient means mollifying; softening; soft.
What part of speech is remollient?
Remollient is an adjective.

Words near remollient in the dictionary

  1. remoleculizations
  2. remolest
  3. remolested
  4. remolesting
  5. remolests
  6. remollient
  7. Remollino
  8. remolten
  9. remonarchize
  10. remonarchized
  11. remonarchizes

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