relaxative

English

Etymology

From relax +‎ -ative.

Adjective

relaxative (not comparable)

1. Having the quality of relaxing; relaxing or laxative.

Noun

relaxative (plural relaxatives)

1. A relaxant.
   • 1632 (first performance), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “The Magnetick Lady: Or, Humors Reconcil’d. A Comedy […]”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second Folio), London: […] Richard Meighen, published 1640, →OCLC:

     you are troubled with some ligatures i' th' neck of your vesica […] therefore you must use relaxatives

References

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