Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A quieting medicine or other therapeutic agent.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word calmant.
Examples
-
The berries are known as a calmant, easing breathing and heart rate.
-
But her cherry-water was a pleasant and safe calmant, and she knew exactly how much to take.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 Various
-
Four years had come and gone since Mr. Dundas had laid his second wife in the grave beside his first, and the county had discussed the immorality of taking cherry-water as a calmant.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 Various
-
The little glass of _calmant_ was untouched; it was not a drug that had soothed the exhausted nerves.
A Prisoner in Fairyland Algernon Blackwood 1910
-
And that little flighty French maid, who always calls calomel le calmant, and has about as much idea of being useful as that Dresden figure.
-
a tablespoonful of her calmant to check the palpitation that had come on, and to still her nerves, which that last look backward had somewhat disturbed.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 Various
-
प्रशान्तक sedativ, anksiolitik calmante calmant, tranchilizant utišujúci prostriedok pomirjevalo
Word of the Day 2010
-
प्रशान्तक sedativ, anksiolitik calmante calmant, tranchilizant utišujúci prostriedok pomirjevalo
Word of the Day 2010
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.