Associations to the word «Laxative»

Wiktionary

LAXATIVE, adjective. Having the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation.
LAXATIVE, noun. Any substance, such as a food or in the form of a medicine which has a laxative effect.

Dictionary definition

LAXATIVE, noun. A mild cathartic.
LAXATIVE, adjective. Stimulating evacuation of feces.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne