Minorative Definition
adjective
1747, Jean Astruc (author; translator unknown), Academical Lectures on Fevers, page 112.
Nothing but minorative apozems should be ordered.
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noun
1747, Jean Astruc (author; translator unknown), Academical Lectures on Fevers, page 232.
Others give minoratives more frequently.
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Noun
Singular:
minorative
Plural:
minorativesOrigin of Minorative
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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.
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