constringent

English

Etymology

From Latin constringens.

Adjective

constringent (comparative more constringent, superlative most constringent)

1. contracting, binding, or compressing.

   constringent action

   constringent motion

   • a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Winter”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:

     Our strengthen'd bodies in its cold embrace,
     Constringent; feeds, and animates our blood

References

• “constringent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

cōnstringent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of cōnstringō