English Dictionary

lenitive

名詞

An analgesic or other source of relief from pain / A laxative.

日本語の意味

痛みを和らげる鎮痛剤、または痛みの緩和効果をもたらすもの / 通便作用のある下剤

After hours of relentless discomfort, she finally found a lenitive in the herbal poultice her grandmother kept for such ailments.

数時間にわたる耐えがたい不快感の末、彼女は祖母がそのような症状のために常備していた薬草の湿布の中に、ようやく鎮痛剤を見つけた。

意味（1）

An analgesic or other source of relief from pain

It is now full time to free him from all these necessities, and to apply cordials and lenitives, after those severities which have already had their full course against him.

意味（2）

A laxative.

lenitives （ plural ）