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deskercise

noun

Etymology

Blend of desk + exercise.

  1. derived from exercitium
  2. derived from exercise
  3. inherited from exercise
  4. compounded as deskercise — “desk + exercise”

Definitions

  1. Desk exercise

    Desk exercise; the performance of exercises at a desk as a means of promoting health and fitness.

    • If one part consists of a whole word such as oildraulic or deskercise, the parse is fairly easy, and the next task is to identify the source of the splinter (-draulic < hydraulic, and -ercise < exercise).
    • 2002 McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. deskercise Exercises performed while seated at the workplace

The neighborhood

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