emollient — an adjective as used above to indicate that the product makes something (in this case — skin) soft and supple; can also be a noun referring to the product that softens
emoliente — the Spanish cognate of the same meaning
I’ve used the Mary Kay product to illustrate this word because I sell Mary Kay and because I recently gave a small tube of t…
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