Definition of MINORATIVE

minorative

Plural: minoratives

Adj

  • That diminishes or attenuates
  • Gently laxative.

Noun

  • A gently laxative medicine.

Origin / Etymology

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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