minorative

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈmaɪnəɹeɪtɪv/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A gently laxative medicine. obsolete
    — When […] wee feare lest nature faint before perfect concoction, we may sometimes use a gentle minorative.
形容词 adj.
  1. That diminishes or attenuates not-comparable
  2. Gently laxative. not-comparable,obsolete
    — Clysters sometymes do supplye the rowme of minoratyve medicines.

词形变化

minoratyve alternative minoratives plural minoratyve alternative

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
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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