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inadvertent (iou) and madeira (medicine)


inadvertent (iou)



inadvertent adjective. M17.
[from IN-3 + Latin advertent- pres. ppl stem of advertere ADVERT verb: see -ENT.]
Of a person: not properly attentive or observant. M17.
Of an action: unintentional. E18.
V. Glendinning The Pregnancy was inadvertent and unwanted by Rebecca.
inadvertently adverb L17.

madeira (medicine)


madeira


1. A rich Wine made on the Island of Madeira.

2. <botany> Madeira nut, the European walnut; the nut of the Juglans regia.

Origin: Pg, the Island Madeira, properly, wood, fr. L. Materia stuff, wood. The island was so called because well wooded.

Source: Websters Dictionary