HYGIENIC

hygienic, hygienical

(adjective) tending to promote or preserve health; “hygienic habits like using disposable tissues”; “hygienic surroundings with plenty of fresh air”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

hygienic (comparative more hygienic, superlative most hygienic)

Pertaining to hygiene; clean, sanitary.

(computing, slang, of a macro) Whose expansion is guaranteed not to cause the accidental capture of identifiers.

Antonyms

• unhygienic

Source: Wiktionary


Hy`gi*en"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. hygiénique.]

Definition: Of or pertaining to health or hygiene; sanitary.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

31 January 2025

DISPERSION

(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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