amollishment

English

Alternative forms

• amolishment (plural amolishments)

Etymology

From French amollissement, from amolliss- [extended stem of amollir (“to soften”, verb), from a- {from Latin ad (“to”)} + mollir, from French mou, or from Latin mollīre (“to make soft, soften”)] + -ment (suffix forming nouns from verbs) [from Late Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta]; equivalent to English amollish (see Middle English amolisshen) + -ment.

Noun

amollishment (plural not attested)

1. (rare) Softening; mollification; appeasing; mitigation.

Quotations

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