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Soothing vs Epicerastic - What's the difference?

soothing | epicerastic |

As adjectives the difference between soothing and epicerastic

is that soothing is tending to soothe while epicerastic is (obsolete|rare) relieving the harshness or bitterness of certain bodily humours; (loosely), soothing, emollient.

As nouns the difference between soothing and epicerastic

is that soothing is the act by which somebody is soothed while epicerastic is (rare|obsolete) a medicine or herb having such an effect.

As a verb soothing

is .

soothing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Tending to soothe.
    • soothing music
  • Giving relief.
    • a soothing ointment
  • Freeing from fear or anxiety.
    • soothing words

    Derived terms

    * soothingly

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which somebody is soothed.
  • * 1823 , Charles Caleb Colton
    • There are moments when the brightest minds prefer the soothings of sympathy to all the brilliance of wit, as he that is in need of repose, selects a bed of feathers, rather than of flints.

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    epicerastic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete, rare) Relieving the harshness or bitterness of certain bodily humours; (loosely), soothing, emollient.
  • * 1763 , A New and Complete Dictionary of Arts and Sciences , 2nd edition, vol. II, p. 1099:
    • Epicerastic medicines obtund the acrimony of the humours, and mitigate the uneasy sensation thence arising.
  • * 1856 , Lady Emmeline Stuart-Wortley, The Sweet South , vol. II, p. 359:
    • Actually the aged dame (partly, perhaps, that she was quite tired with her own violence) listened to my various epicerastic expressions, showed herself amenable to counsel, and replied in very courteous tones.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare, obsolete) A medicine or herb having such an effect.
  • * 1736 , John Quincy, Lexicon Physico-Medicum , 5th edition, p. 146:
    • Epicerastick […] is a Medicine that assuages and corrects sharp Humours.
  • * 1853 , Francis Campbell, A Commentary on the Influence which the Use of Tobacco exerts on the Human Constitution , p. 120:
    • In a medicinal point of view it may be considered as an inferior sort of epicerastic .