malacissation

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English

Etymology

From Latin malacissare (to make soft), from Ancient Greek.

Noun

malacissation (countable and uncountable, plural malacissations)

  1. (obsolete, rare) The act of making soft or supple.
    • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis , “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. , London: William Rawley ; rinted by J H for William Lee , →OCLC:
      All sudden renovation of the body is wrought either by the spirit, or by malacissations.