Pronounced: dih-MEAN, verb
Notes: I thought I knew this word, but I didn’t (more or less)
Yesterday’s word
The word vulnerary, as a noun, means “something used for the healing of wounds”. As an adjective, it means “useful in healing of wounds”.
First usage
Our word came into English in the late 1500s
Background / Comments
Our word comes from the Latin word vulnus (wound) and -ary (relating to).
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