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mollescent

[ muh-les-uhnt ]

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adjective

softening or tending to soften.

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mol·lescence noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mollescent¹

1815–25; < Latin mollēscent- (stem of mollēscēns ) (present participle of mollēscere to soften), equivalent to moll ( is ) soft + -ēscent- -escent

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