deterge
(verb) wipe away; to wash off or out, cleanse; chiefly in medical use: to clear away foul matter from the body; “This drug is powerful enough to deterge”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
deterge (third-person singular simple present deterges, present participle deterging, simple past and past participle deterged)
To clean of undesirable material, especially a wound (technical).
• greeted
Source: Wiktionary
De*terge", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deterged; p. pr. & vb. n. Deterging.] Etym: [L. detergere, detersum; de + tergere to rub or wipe off: cf. F. déterger.]
Definition: To cleanse; to purge away, as foul or offending matter from the body, or from an ulcer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
7 January 2025
(adverb) in an uninformative manner; “‘I can’t tell you when the manager will arrive,’ he said rather uninformatively”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
