# minorative

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈmaɪnəɹeɪtɪv/

## Definitions
1. That diminishes or attenuates
2. Gently laxative.

## Etymology
From the late-Middle French minoratif, minorative (“that diminishes or lessens”, of a medicine “mildly laxative”; as a noun “a mild laxative”), from minorer (“to diminish the importance [of]”). Equivalent to minorate (“diminish”, “lessen”) + -ive. Compare the post-Classical (i.e. 9th C.) Latin minōrātīvus.

## Source
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