varioloid (comparative more varioloid, superlative most varioloid)
Of or resembling smallpox
varioloid (plural varioloids)
A milder outbreak of smallpox occurring in a person who has previously been infected.
Source: Wiktionary
Va"ri*o*loid, a. Etym: [Variola + -oid: cf. F. varioloïde.] (Med.)
Definition: Resembling smallpox; pertaining to the disease called varioloid.
Va"ri*o*loid, n. Etym: [Cf. F. varioloïde. See Varioloid, a.] (Med.)
Definition: The smallpox as modified by previous inoculation or vaccination.
Note: It is almost always a milder disease than smallpox, and this circumstance, with its shorter duration, exhibits the salutary effects of previous vaccination or inoculation. Dunglison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 December 2024
(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
