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sanitary

adj
/ˈsænɪt(ə)ɹi/UK/ˈsænɪˌtɛɹi/CA/saniˈtaɾi/

Etymology

19th century, borrowed from French sanitaire, formed from Latin sanitas (“health”). Analysable as sanity + -ary.

  1. derived from sanitas
  2. borrowed from sanitaire

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to health.

  2. Clean and free from pathogens

    Clean and free from pathogens; hygienic.

  3. Sanitary towel.

    • When I made evening rounds, I saw women with their hair rolled, using the sanitaries for rollers.
    • But sanitaries are the worst. The prison only brings out two packs of sanitaries for everybody, and that's like 240 of sanitaries every month for all the women.

The neighborhood

Derived

aerosanitary, hydrosanitary, insanitary, phytosanitary, presanitary, rural sanitary district, sanitarian, sanitarily, sanitariness, sanitarist, sanitarium, sanitary cordon, sanitary district, sanitary engineer, sanitary engineering, sanitary landfill, sanitary napkin, sanitary pad, sanitary science, sanitary sewer, sanitary towel, sanitary ware, sanitaryware, sanitation, sociosanitary, unsanitary, zoosanitary

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sanitary. 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