lenitive
Meaningsoothing
Common meaning: soothing
- lensoft, gentle, mildLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1049 · scan
- itiveadjective ending: tending to
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin lēnis ‘soft, gentle, mild’.
Roots
- lēnis, -e Latin “soft, gentle, mild”
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