constringentとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

constringent (comparative more constringent, superlative most constringent)

1. contracting, binding, or compressing.

   constringent action

   constringent motion

   • a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Winter”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:

     Our strengthen'd bodies in its cold embrace,
     Constringent; feeds, and animates our blood

参照

• “constringent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.