Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lenitive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: leni-tive
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Analgesic, able to reduce pain or suffering.

adj

Laxative; easing the bowels.

adj

noun

An analgesic or other source of relief from pain

noun

Example Sentences

"It is now full time to free him from all these necessities, and to apply cordials and lenitives, after those severities which have already had their full course against him."
"Upon the whole, as the author seems to share all the common miseries of life, he appears to partake likewise of its lenitives and abatements."
"Their pain soft arts of pharmacy can ease, Thy breast alone no lenitives appease."

Etymology

From Latin lēnīt(us) (“softened”) + -ive, from lēniō (“to soften, soothe”), from lēnis (“soft”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: lēnītus
Suffix: -ive

Inflected Forms

more lenitive (comparative) most lenitive (superlative) lenitives (plural)

Derived Forms

lenitively lenitiveness

Synonyms

alleviative alleviatory mitigative mitigatory palliative

Questions

What does lenitive mean?: Analgesic, able to reduce pain or suffering.
Where does lenitive come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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