HYPODERMICALLY

Etymology

Adverb

hypodermically (not comparable)

By hypodermic means.

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Source: Wiktionary


HYPODERMIC

Hyp`o*der"mic, a. Etym: [See Hypoderma.]

Definition: Of or pertaining to the parts under the skin. Hypodermic medication, the application of remedies under the epidermis, usually by means of a small syringe, called the hypodermic syringe.

– Hyp`o*der"mic*al*ly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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