mollescence
ənt adjective
softening or tending to soften.
Origin:
1815–25; < Latin mollēscent- (stem of mollēscēns) (present participle of mollēscere to soften), equivalent to moll(is) soft + -ēscent- -escent
1815–25; < Latin mollēscent- (stem of mollēscēns) (present participle of mollēscere to soften), equivalent to moll(is) soft + -ēscent- -escent
Related forms
mol·les·cence, noun
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