Associations to the word «Aperient»
Noun
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Wiktionary
APERIENT, adjective. Having a gentle laxative effect.
APERIENT, noun. A laxative, either in the form of a medicine or a food such as hops or asparagus, which has the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation.
Dictionary definition
APERIENT, noun. A purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels.
APERIENT, adjective. Mildly laxative.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.