restringent

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English

Etymology

Latin restringens, present participle.

Adjective

restringent (comparative more restringent, superlative most restringent)

  1. (obsolete) astringent; styptic

Noun

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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

Verb

restringent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of restringō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French restringent.

Adjective

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

  1. astringent

Declension