Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aperient

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ape-ri-ent
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a gentle laxative effect.

adj

Serving to open or reveal.

noun

A laxative, either in the form of a medicine or a food such as asparagus or hops, which has the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation.

Example Sentences

"[T]ouching the much vexed question of stimulants he relished a glass of choice old wine in season as both nourishing and bloodmaking and possessing aperient virtues (notably a good burgundy which he was a staunch believer in) […]"
"Is it really more knowledge we want, or more understanding? Are we in fact clavigerous and fail to realize the aperient properties of that which is in our hand?"
"In its fresh vegetable state, chicory, or succory—the Cichorium Intybus of botanists, is said to be a good tonic, and to have the effect of an aperient."

Etymology

Attested since the early 17th century, from Latin aperiens, present participle of aperire (“to open”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: aperiens

Inflected Forms

aperients (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

aperture

Synonyms

purgative cathartic physic

Questions

What does aperient mean?: Having a gentle laxative effect.
Where does aperient come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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