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minorative.

That diminishes or attenuates

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈmaɪnəɹeɪtɪv/UK
  1. That diminishes or attenuates

    not-comparable
  2. Gently laxative.

    not-comparable · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From the late-Middle French minoratif, minorative (“that diminishes or lessens”, of a medicine “mildly laxative”; as a noun “a mild laxative”), from minorer (“to diminish the importance [of]”). Equivalent to minorate (“diminish”, “lessen”) + -ive. Compare the post-Classical (i.e. 9th C.) Latin minōrātīvus.

noun/ˈmaɪnəɹeɪtɪv/UK
  1. A gently laxative medicine.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From the late-Middle French minoratif, minorative (“that diminishes or lessens”, of a medicine “mildly laxative”; as a noun “a mild laxative”), from minorer (“to diminish the importance [of]”). Equivalent to minorate (“diminish”, “lessen”) + -ive. Compare the post-Classical (i.e. 9th C.) Latin minōrātīvus.

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