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laxative (adj.)
late 14c., from O.Fr.
laxatif
, from M.L.
laxativus
, from L.
laxatus
, pp. of
laxare
"loosen," from
laxus
"loose, lax" (see
lax
). The noun meaning "a laxative medicine" is from late 14c.
