Definizione monolingua

emollient

?mollient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of ?molli?

emollient (plural emollients)

1. Something which softens or lubricates the skin.
   • 2008, Carol A. Miller, Nursing for Wellness in Older Adults (Fifth edition), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, p. 505,

     [T]he effectiveness of an emollient is based on its ability to prevent water evaporation, […]

2. Anything soothing the mind, or that makes something more acceptable.
   • 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas,

     Attentive conversation is an emollient I lack sorely aboard Prophetess & the doctor is a veritable polymath.

emollient (comparative more emollient, superlative most emollient)

1. Moisturizing.
2. Soothing or mollifying.

Definizione dizionario emollient

	emolliente
	Anything soothing
	Something which softens or lubricates the skin.
	Moisturizing
	Soothing; mollifying

	demulcente
	Anything soothing
	Something which softens or lubricates the skin.

Altri significati:

Moisturizing.

An agent that softens or soothes the skin.

Soothing or mollifying.

Anything soothing the mind, or that makes something more acceptable.

Softening and soothing, especially to the skin.