emollescence

[Latin e=out, fully, and mollescens, pr. par. of mollesco, incept, form of mollio to be soft; moll is =soft.] That degree of softne in a body beginning to melt which alters its shape; the first or lowest degree of fusibility. ě-mol-11-āte, v . t . [ Lat.emollio =to make soft; e=out, fully, and moll is =soft; French émollir .] Το soften, to weaken; to render soft or effeminate.