minorative

Meanings

Adjective

That diminishes or attenuates
Gently laxative.

Noun

A gently laxative medicine.

Origin

From the late-Middle French minoratif, minorative, from minorer. Equivalent to minorate + -ive. Compare the post-Classical (i.e. 9th C.) Latin minōrātīvus.

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