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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'emollient' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions emollient noun  something which softens or lubricates the skin 1993: It must be most painful to have a hard rod thrust into the nether orifice. That was a most painful punishment you had for the King in your play. Painful but fitting. "There are emollients, Kit said, oil, butter and the like. The pleasure is considerable. " Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford anything soothing, or that makes something more acceptable 2004: Attentive conversation is an I lack sorely aboard Prophetess & the doctor is a veritable polymath. " David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas Translations:  Italian: emolliente , demulcente (all senses) adjective  soothing mollifying Translations:  Italian: emolliente, demulcente (all senses) Etymology: emollient-, present participle stem of emoliare "make soft", from e- + mollis "soft".        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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