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unprintable(dictionary)

hygiene (oh) and unprintable (iou)


hygiene (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: hyg¨¨ne, from Greek hygieina, from hygies 'healthy']
the practice of keeping yourself and the things around you clean in order to prevent diseases
ˇˇthe importance of personal hygiene
oral/dental hygiene
ˇˇa Food hygiene Training course
good/poor/proper hygiene
ˇˇThe Consumers' Association blames poor hygiene standards.

unprintable (iou)



unprintable noun & adjective. M19.
[from UN-1 + PRINTABLE.]
A. noun. In pl. Trousers; = UNMENTIONABLE noun 1. arch. colloq. M19.
b. adjective. Unable to be printed; esp. not fit to be printed because too indecent, libellous, or blasphemous. L19.
D. Bagley His report was unfavourable..his remarks were unprintable. Amateur Photographer Again my negs were so dense as to be almost unprintable.
unprintably adverb M20.
unprinted adjective M16.