astringent

• adstringent

From Latin adstringere (“to bind fast”), from ad (“toward”) +‎ stringere (“bind, pull tight”). Compare stringent.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈstɹɪn.d͡ʒənt/

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• Hyphenation: as‧trin‧gent

astringent (plural astringents)

1. A substance which draws tissue together, thus restricting the flow of blood.

astringent (comparative more astringent, superlative most astringent)

1. Extremely sour, bitter.
2. Sharp, caustic, severe.
   • September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Philip, who was made Duke of Edinburgh on the couple’s wedding, introduced a new, less stuffy, though as the years went on occasionally astringent, tone to the royal family.

3. Causing a dry or puckering mouthfeel; characteristic of foods with high tannin content, such as certain kinds of berries and citrus fruits.
4. (medicine) Having the effect of drawing tissue together; styptic.

• (caustic): smectic (rare)

• integrants, natterings, transigent

• IPA^(key): /as.tʁɛ̃.ʒɑ̃/

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astringent (feminine astringente, masculine plural astringents, feminine plural astringentes)

1. astringent

astringent m (plural astringents)

1. astringent

• astringence

• “astringent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

astringent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of astringō

Borrowed from French astringent, from Latin astringens.

astringent m or n (feminine singular astringentă, masculine plural astringenți, feminine and neuter plural astringente)

1. astringent