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121lenitive — [len′ə tiv] adj. [< ML lenitivus < L lenitus, pp. of lenire, to soften: see LENIENT] soothing or assuaging; lessening pain or distress n. anything that soothes; esp., a lenitive medicine …
122unalarming — adjective not alarming; assuaging alarm • Ant: ↑alarming • Attrubites: ↑alarm, ↑dismay, ↑consternation …
123anetic — /ə netˈik/ (medicine) adjective Soothing ORIGIN: L aneticus, from Gr anetikos abating sickness * * * anetic, a. Med. (əˈnɛtɪk) [ad. L. anetic us, a. Gr. ἀνετικός fitted to relax, f. ἀνιέναι, see anesis.] Assuaging the severity (of a disease),… …
124TARN, NATHANIEL — (1928– ), English poet and anthropologist. Tarn was born in Paris and in 1960 became a lecturer in anthropology at London University, specializing in the culture and ethnology of Latin America and the Pacific islands. In his early poetry,… …
