Old French edit

Etymology edit

From the root of opilacion + -if.

Adjective edit

opilatif m (oblique and nominative feminine singular opilative)

  1. (usually medicine) that causes blockage; oppilative
    • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):
      choses stiptiques et opilatives
      styptic and oppilative things