demulce

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English

Etymology

From Latin demulceo (“I soothe”); de + mulceo (“I stroke”).

Verb

demulce (third-person singular simple present demulces, present participle demulcing, simple past and past participle demulced)

(obsolete, transitive) To soothe, assuage, pacify or soften.
- 1531, Thomas Elyot, edited by Ernest Rhys, The Boke Named the Governour (Everyman’s Library), London: J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent & Co; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Co, published , →OCLC:
  Saturne was eftsones demulced

References

“demulce”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

dēmulcē

second-person singular present active imperative of dēmulceō

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