SANATORIUM

Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit

(noun) pejorative terms for an insane asylum

sanatorium, sanatarium, sanitarium

(noun) a hospital for recuperation or for the treatment of chronic diseases

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sanatorium (plural sanatoriums or sanatoria)

An institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence.

Source: Wiktionary


San`a*to"ri*um, n. Etym: [NL. See Sanatory.]

Definition: An establishment for the treatment of the sick; a resort for invalids. See Sanitarium.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

1 June 2024

REDEYE

(noun) a night flight from which the passengers emerge with eyes red from lack of sleep; “he took the redeye in order to get home the next morning”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.

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