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

7 November 2024

ERASE

(verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; “Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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