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View synonyms for aperient
aperient
[ uh-peer-ee-uhnt ]
adjective
- having a mild purgative or laxative effect.
noun
- a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative.
aperient
/ əˈpɪərɪənt /
adjective
- laxative
noun
- a mild laxative
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Word History and Origins
Origin of aperient1
1620–30; < Latin aperient- (stem of aperiēns opening, present participle of aperīre to open), equivalent to aperi- (apparently ap- , variant of ab- ab- + -eri- ) + -ent- -ent; the base -eri-, perhaps with an earlier shape *wery- or *twery-, occurs only in this verb and operīre to close ( cover, operculum )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of aperient1
C17: from Latin aperīre to open
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Example Sentences
Carbolic Acid … liquid … oil … sweet oil … castor oil … aperient … Epsom Salts … white … white of egg.
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I'll send him a little quieting draught to be taken directly—pill at night, aperient in the morning.
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Still I must think that vegetable food is, in my own case, less aperient than animal.
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Vegetable diet is less aperient than a mixed diet, if we except Indian corn.
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With me much less aperient; indeed, costiveness became a very serious and distressing accompaniment.
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