Challenge: Emollient

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emollient \ih-MOL-yuhnt\, adjective:
1. softening or soothing

noun:
1. something that softens or soothes

by 1643, from French emollient, from Latin emollientem, prp. of emollire "soften," from ex- "out" + mollire "soften," from mollis "soft."