humectant
noun/hjuːˈmektənt/
/hjuːˈmektənt/
(specialist)- a substance added to foods to stop them from becoming dry
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- a substance added to skin cream to stop your skin from being dry
Word Originearly 19th cent. (denoting a moistening agent): from Latin humectant- ‘moistening’, from the verb humectare, from humectus ‘moist, wet’, from humere ‘be moist’.
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