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Antonyms for hygienic

Grammar : Adj
Spell : hahy-jee-en-ik, hahy-jen-, -jee-nik
Phonetic Transcription : ˌhaɪ dʒiˈɛn ɪk, haɪˈdʒɛn-, -ˈdʒi nɪk

Definition of hygienic

Origin :
  • 1833, from French hygiénique, from hygiène; see hygiene. The earlier adjective was hygienal (1660s).
  • adj clean
Example sentences :
  • The State concession of an unnatural vice cannot be hygienic.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • "I will put it on hygienic grounds," said Dill, smiling acutely.
  • Extract from : « Barrington » by Charles James Lever
  • A crisis was at hand, and all depended on the hygienic regeneration of the city.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • But from our standpoint it is their hygienic importance that is insisted upon.
  • Extract from : « Rural Hygiene » by Henry N. Ogden
  • The moral aspect of this subject is even more grave than 419the hygienic.
  • Extract from : « The Arena » by Various
  • It is possible that the shoe was cleft like the modern 'hygienic' shoe.
  • Extract from : « The Witch-cult in Western Europe » by Margaret Alice Murray
  • All that Paganel said of the hygienic qualities of the climate was realized.
  • Extract from : « In Search of the Castaways » by Jules Verne
  • Hence it is well, for hygienic reasons, to consider its laws.
  • Extract from : « The Physical Life of Woman: » by Dr. George H Napheys
  • Poets have exalted it, and in these hygienic days doctors have condemned it.
  • Extract from : « More Science From an Easy Chair » by Sir E. Ray (Edwin Ray) Lankester
  • This was not the hygienic hostelry of to-day, but a barracks on First Avenue.
  • Extract from : « The Trail of the Hawk » by Sinclair Lewis

Synonyms for hygienic

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