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carminative en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /kɑː(ɹ)ˈmɪnətɪv/
• /ˈkɑː(ɹ)mɪnətɪv/

Etymology

From Latin carminātus (“carded”), past participle of Latin carminō (“to card, produce by carding; hence to cleanse”), from carmen (“a card for freeing wool or flax from the coarser parts, and from extraneous matter”).

Meanings

1. Relieving the discomfort of gas in the digestive tract, either by reducing its production (by the gut microbiota) or by inducing its expulsion (whether as belches [upper GI action] or as flatus [lower GI action]).
   • If too much milke be the cauſe, then the Nurſe ſhall not give the childe ſucke ſo often, nor in ſuch plenty: If it proceed from wind, and that doe cauſe the childe to be thus troubled, it ſhall be diſcuſſed with Fomentations applied to the belly and navell; and with Carminative Cliſters, which ſhall bee given him, […] 1635, James Guillimeau [i.e., Jacques Guillemeau], “Of Gripings and Fretting in the Belly, which Trouble Little Children”, in The Nvrsing of Children […] , London: Printed by Anne Griffin […] ; published in Child-birth, or, The Happy Delivery of VVomen […] , London: Printed by Anne Griffih […] , 1635, →OCLC, page 52:
   • They used to give me cinnamon when I had a cold—quite useless, but not disagreeable. […] On the label was a list of its virtues, and among other things it was described as being in the highest degree carminative. I adored the word. 1921, Aldous Huxley, chapter 20, in Crome Yellow, London: Chatto & Windus, page 220:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
more carminative	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
most carminative	Degree=Sup		lexicographic

Deriveds

acarminative

Translations (6)

ca carminatiu (relieving discomfort of gas) · eo karminativa (relieving discomfort of gas) · hu szélhajtó (relieving discomfort of gas) · nl windafdrijvend (relieving discomfort of gas) · de windtreibend (relieving discomfort of gas) · fr carminatif (relieving discomfort of gas)

carminative en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kɑː(ɹ)ˈmɪnətɪv/
• /ˈkɑː(ɹ)mɪnətɪv/

Etymology

From Latin carminātus (“carded”), past participle of Latin carminō (“to card, produce by carding; hence to cleanse”), from carmen (“a card for freeing wool or flax from the coarser parts, and from extraneous matter”).

Meanings

1. A drug or substance that relieves the discomfort of gas in the digestive tract, either by reducing its production (by the gut microbiota) or by inducing its expulsion (whether as belches [upper GI action] or as flatus [lower GI action]).
   • “A mental carminative,” said Mr. Scogan reflectively. “That's what you need.” 1921, Aldous Huxley, chapter 20, in Crome Yellow, London: Chatto & Windus, page 226:
   • But Master Nathaniel was indifferent to these manifestations of unpopularity. Let mental suffering be intense enough, and it becomes a sort of carminative. 1926, Hope Mirrlees, chapter 9, in Lud-in-the-Mist:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
carminatives	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Coordinates

laxative · diuretic

Translations (5)

hu szélhajtó (substance that induces the releasing of gas) · ca carminatiu (substance that induces the releasing of gas) · el οξυπόριο (substance that induces the releasing of gas) · fr carminatif (substance that induces the releasing of gas) · grc ὀξυπόριον (substance that induces the releasing of gas)