/ Dictionary / Index A aperient: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: a•per•i•ent Pronunciation: (u-pēr'ē-unt), [key] — Med. Med. —adj. having a mild purgative or laxative effect. —n. a medicine or food that acts as a mild laxative. Also called Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: aperient (Thesaurus) aperçu* aperiodic Related Content Daily Word Quiz: bungled Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language