mollescent
[ muh-les-uhnt ]
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adjective
softening or tending to soften.
Origin of mollescent
11815–25; <Latin mollēscent- (stem of mollēscēns) (present participle of mollēscere to soften), equivalent to moll(is) soft + -ēscent--escent
Other words from mollescent
- mol·les·cence, noun
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