malacissation

English

Etymology

Latin malacissare (“to make soft”), from Ancient Greek.

Noun

malacissation (countable and uncountable, plural malacissations)

  1. (obsolete, rare) The act of making soft or supple.
    • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “(please specify |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
      All sudden renovation of the body is wrought either by the spirit, or by malacissations.
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