niveous

Pronounced: NIV-ee-uhs, adj

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Yesterday’s word

The word od means “a theoretical force believed to act throughout nature in magnetism, mesmerism, and chemical interaction”

First usage

This word came into usage in the mid-1800s

Background / Comments

Our word was coined by a German scientist: Karl van Reichenbach.

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