OVERTREAT

Etymology

Verb

overtreat (third-person singular simple present overtreats, present participle overtreating, simple past and past participle overtreated)

(medicine, transitive) To subject to excessive medical treatment, often to such an extent as to cause adverse effects.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

3 July 2024

DITHER

(noun) an excited state of agitation; “he was in a dither”; “there was a terrible flap about the theft”


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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