constringent

[ kuhn-strin-juhnt ]

adjective

1. constricting.
2. causing constriction.

Other Words From

• con·stringen·cy noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of constringent¹

First recorded in 1595–1605, constringent is from the Latin word constringent- (stem of constringēns, present participle of constringere ). See constringe, -ent

Example Sentences

The North has too generally allowed its strength to be divided by personal preferences and by-questions, till it has almost seemed as if a moral principle had less constringent force to hold its followers together than the gravitation of private interest, the Newtonian law of that system whereof the dollar is the central sun, which has hitherto made the owners of slaves unitary, and given them the power which springs from concentration and the success which is sure to follow concert of action.

From Project Gutenberg

It is by way of introducing a constringent principal into a mass of amorphic particles, that Plato proclaims that these friends will have all things in common; and, challenged by the questions of his companions in the dialogue to say how far he will be ready to go in the application of so paradoxical a rule, he braces himself to a surprising degree of consistency.

From Project Gutenberg

For that the cold of water is naturally constringent is evident from snow, which keeps flesh from corrupting a long time.

From Project Gutenberg