This week's theme
Words derived from bodily fluids

This week's words
sang-froid
lymphatic
seminal
salivate
melancholy

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PRONUNCIATION:

(lim-FAT-ik)

MEANING:

adjective:
1. Sluggish; lacking energy.
2. Of or relating to lymph.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin lympha (lymph, water). Formerly it was believed that an excess of lymph in the system resulted in sluggishness. Earliest documented use: 1649.

USAGE:

"The day has been a real lazy one and I have felt lymphatic accordingly."
Thomas Worthington King; Journal of a Voyage Around the World; The Ohio State University Press; 2003.

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