Good afternoon! It's Wednesday and we are halfway through the week! The word of the day is:
- Mollify -
pronounced [mol-uh-fahy]
pronounced [mol-uh-fahy]
verb (used with object)
1. to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
2. to mitigate or reduce; soften: to mollify one's demands.
Origin
Origin
late 14c., "to soften (a substance)," from O.Fr. mollifier, from L. mollificare "make soft, mollify" from mollificus "softening," from L. mollis "soft" + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Transferred sense of "soften in temper, appease, pacify" is recorded from early 15c.
Synonyms
Synonyms
