Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dissolvent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-sol-vent
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of dissolution into a fluid.

adj

Having power to dissolve a solid body.

noun

A substance which can dissolve or be dissolved into a liquid.

Example Sentences

"the dissolvent juices [of the stomach]"
"[T]he operator evidently perceives the dissolvent property of the jaggery water, on its being tempered with the prepared mortar."
"For, that the ordure, which continually gathers on the skin, would ſoon ſtop the pores of it, if the ſweat were not furniſht with ſome efficacious diſſolvent to open and pierce them."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dissolvēns.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *lewh₃-, dissolvēns

Inflected Forms

more dissolvent (comparative) most dissolvent (superlative) dissolvents (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

dissolubility

Synonyms

dissoluble dissolvable soluble solvent dissolver dissolving agent resolvent

Antonyms

undissolvable indissoluble insoluble

Questions

What does dissolvent mean?: Capable of dissolution into a fluid.
Where does dissolvent come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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