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astringent (adj.)
1540s, from Latin
astringentum
(nominative
astringens
), present participle of
astringere
"to bind fast, tighten, contract," from
ad-
"to" (see
ad-
) +
stringere
"draw tight" (see
strain
(v.)). As a noun from 1620s.
