Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A soft ening or mollifying; mollification.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare A softening or mollifying.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A softening or mollifying.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

French ramollir to make soft, to soften; prefix re- re- + amollir to soften; a (Latin ad) + mollir to soften, Latin mollire, from mollis soft.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word ramollescence.

Examples

    Sorry, no example sentences found.

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.