Vocabulary 3: Lenitive

July 11, 2013anmol

Lenitive \LEN-uh-tiv\

Part of Speech:- Adjective (can also be used as a noun)

Meaning:- alleviating pain or harshness, soothing.

Origin:- From Latin verb lenire meaning to soothe or soften.

Sentence:- The warm ginger tea had a lenitive effect on my sore throat.

I love ginger tea.

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5 thoughts on “Vocabulary 3: Lenitive”

ladysighs says:

A little whiskey in your ginger tea might magnify the lenitive effect ten fold. I have no idea. I just heard that somewhere.

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July 11, 2013 at 23:47
- howanxious says:
  
  Oh! I never knew that… 🙂
  
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  July 11, 2013 at 23:52
appletonavenue says:

Would “ameliorate” be a synonym?

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July 23, 2013 at 02:31
- howanxious says:
  
  I am not sure.. they work in different ways.. ameliorate is a verb while lenitive is an adjective.. they can’t be put in place of each other..
  
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  July 23, 2013 at 03:00
  - appletonavenue says:
    
    Thanks for the clarification.
    
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    July 23, 2013 at 03:41

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