A Topical Dictionary: Search for emollient

Dictionary Results For "emollient" [?]/[OPML]

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English

Etymology

emollient-, present participle stem of emoliare ‘make soft’, from e- + mollis ‘soft’.

Pronunciation

IPA: /ɪ'mɒlɪənt/

Noun

something which softens or lubricates the skin
:*1993: It must be most painful to have a hard rod thrust into the nether orifice. That was a most painful punishment you had for the King in your play. Painful but fitting. —There are emollients, Kit said, oil, butter and the like. The pleasure is considerable. — Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford
anything soothing, or that makes something more acceptable
:*2004: Attentive conversation is an emollient I lack sorely aboard Prophetess & the doctor is a veritable polymath. — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

Translations

Italian: emolliente , demulcente (all senses)

Adjective

Translations

Dutch: verzachtend
Italian: emolliente, demulcente (all senses)

ar:emollient fr:emollient io:emollient ta:emollient te:emollient vi:emollient zh:emollient

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Emollient \E*mol"lient\ (?; 106), a. [L. emolliens, -entis, p.
pr. of emollire to soften; e out + mollire to soften, mollis
soft: cf. F. ['e]mollient. See Mollify.]
Softening; making supple; acting as an emollient. "Emollient
applications." --Arbuthnot.
[1913 Webster]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Emollient \E*mol"lient\ (?; 105), n. (Med.)
An external something or soothing application to allay
irritation, soreness, etc.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet emollient
adj : having a softening or soothing effect especially to the skin
[syn: demulcent, salving, softening]
n : toiletry consisting of any of various substances resembling
cream that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when
applied to the skin [syn: cream, ointment]

Moby Dictionary
alleviating , alleviative , analgesic , anesthetic , anodyne ,
assuasive , balm , balmy , balsam , balsamic , benumbing , brilliantine ,
cathartic , cerate , chrism , cleansing , cold cream , collyrium , cream ,
deadening , demulcent , dulling , easing , embrocation , eye-lotion ,
eyewash , eyewater , face cream , hand lotion , inunction , inunctum ,
lanolin , lenitive , liniment , loosening , lotion , lubricant ,
lubricating , lubricational , lubricative , mitigating , mitigative ,
mollifying , nard , numbing , oil , ointment , pain-killing , palliative ,
pomade , pomatum , purgative , relaxing , relieving , remedial , salve ,
softening , soothing , soothing syrup , spikenard , subduing , unction ,
unguent , unguentum , vulnerary