laxatif
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin laxativus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lak.sa.tif/
- Rhymes: -if
Adjective
laxatif (feminine singular laxative, masculine plural laxatifs, feminine plural laxatives)
Antonyms
See also
Further reading
- “laxatif” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Adjective
laxatif m (oblique and nominative feminine singular laxative)
- (medicine) laxative
- 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 205 of this essay:
- il ne prendra point de medecine laxative
- he will not take any laxative medicine
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