minorative

adjective /ˈmaɪnəɹeɪtɪv/

1. That diminishes or attenuates

2. Gently laxative.

   obsolete

   Clysters sometymes do supplye the rowme of minoratyve medicines.

Where it 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.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry minorative (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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