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styptic (adj.)
c. 1400, from Old French
stiptique
or directly from Latin
stypticus
"astringent," from Greek
styptikos
, from
styphein
"to constrict, draw together." As a noun, c. 1400, from Late Latin
stypticum
. Related:
Styptical
.