dissolvent
Americanadjective
noun
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of dissolvent
First recorded in 1640–50, dissolvent is from the Latin word dissolvent- (stem of dissolvēns, present participle of dissolvere ). See dis- 1, solvent
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No more powerful dissolvent for the self-complacency of humanity was ever composed.
From Landmarks in French Literature by Giles Lytton Strachey
The Italian kingdom is the fruit of the alliance between the strong monarchical principles of Piedmont and the dissolvent forces of revolution.
From The Liberation of Italy by Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
By saying this I do not mean to maintain, of course, that private property was not existent, that it was not breaking through the communal system, and acting as a dissolvent of it.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff
That dissolvent, which stimulates and pricks the stomach, does, by that very uneasiness, prepare for it a very lively pleasure, when its craving is satisfied by the aliments.
From The Existence of God by Henry Morley
If dissolvent ideas do make their way, it is because the society was already ripe for dissolution.
From On Compromise by John Morley
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