laxatives
plural of laxative
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Source: Wiktionary
Lax"a*tive, a. Etym: [L. laxativus mitigating, assuaging: cf. F. laxatif. See Lax, a.]
1. Having a tendency to loosen or relax. Milton.
2. (Med.)
Definition: Having the effect of loosening or opening the intestines, and relieving from constipation; -- opposed to astringent.
– n. (Med.)
Definition: A laxative medicine. See the Note under Cathartic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 May 2025
(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
