carminative

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From boyhood the romantic, poetically inclined hero, Denis Stone, found the word carminative particularly evocative.

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  1. adjective Inducing the expulsion of gas from the stomach and intestines.
  2. noun A drug or agent that induces the expulsion of gas from the stomach or intestines.

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  • From boyhood the romantic, poetically inclined hero, Denis Stone, found the word carminative particularly evocative. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XV No 2
  • Recently, for example, I had a whole poem ruined, just because the word 'carminative' didn't mean what it ought to have meant. —  Crome Yellow
  • Everything was in the word carminative--a detailed, exact foreground, an immense, indefinite hinterland of suggestion And passion carminative as wine I was not ill-pleased. —  Crome Yellow
  • In this connection it is interesting to note that, according to one authority, the word carminative, a remedy which relieves pain "like a charm," is derived from the Latin _carminare_, to use incantations. —  Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery
  • Everything was in the word carminative -- a detailed, exact foreground, an immense, indefinite hinterland of suggestion. —  Crome Yellow
 

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  1. Middle English carminatif, from Old French, from Latin carminātus, past participle of carmināre, to card wool, from *carmen, card for wool, from cārere, to card.

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  1. = French carminatif = Spanish Portuguese Italian carminativo, from New Latin (adjective d. 1622) carminativus, from carminare (Spanish carminar), expel wind, prob. a particular use of Latin carminare, card, as wool, hence cleanse, from carmen (carmin-), a card for wool, from carere, card (see card); or, less prob., of Middle Latin carminare, use incantations, charm, L. make verses, from carmen (carmin-), a song, verse, incantation, charm.
 

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/kɑrˈmɪnətɪv/
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