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antipill

adj

Etymology

From anti- + pill.

  1. derived from *bl̥nos✻
  2. derived from *pullaz✻
  3. inherited from *pullijaz✻
  4. inherited from pyll
  5. inherited from *pill✻
  6. prefixed as antipill — “anti + pill”

Definitions

  1. Preventing or countering the formation of pills on fabric.

  2. Opposing the contraceptive pill.

    • This antipill lobbying technique is epitomized by a July 1964 meeting between the Oral Contraception Committee of the FPFJ and representatives from MHW's Drug Bureau and the drug shingikai.

  3. Opposing a poison pill.

    • In fact, the 1997 proposal was a binding bylaw amendment prompted by Fleming's refusal to redeem its poison pill despite a 65 percent antipill vote the previous year.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for antipill. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA