restringent

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin restringens, present participle.

Adjective[edit]

restringent (comparative more restringent, superlative most restringent)

  1. (obsolete) astringent; styptic

Noun[edit]

restringent (plural restringents)

  1. (obsolete) A restringent medicine.
    • 1699, Gideon Harvey, The vanities of philosophy and physick:
      Vinegar is vulgarly reputed a potent restringent

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for restringent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

restringent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of restringō

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French restringent.

Adjective[edit]

restringent m or n (feminine singular restringentă, masculine plural restringenți, feminine and neuter plural restringente)

  1. astringent

Declension[edit]