Definitions
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- To soften; knead to softness.
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- verb To
soften , especially bykneading with the hands.
Etymologies
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Latin malaxo ("I knead")
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knitandpurl commented on the word malaxate
"They're malaxating each other's ribs."
Witch Grass by Raymond Queneau, translated by Barbara Wright, p 100 of the NYRB paperback
November 6, 2010