CATHARTIC


Meaning of CATHARTIC in English

adj. & n.

--adj.

1. effecting catharsis.

2 purgative.

--n. a cathartic drug.

Derivatives:

cathartically adv.

Etymology: LL catharticus f. Gk kathartikos (as CATHARSIS)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.