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Homeopathyphile or homeopathophile, a neologism, alas . homeopathy, definition from Merriam-Webster. a system of medical practice that treats a disease especially by the administration of minute doses of a remedy that would in larger amounts produce in healthy persons symptoms similar to those of the disease
The word holistic is connected to holism, which focuses on the total entity and the interdependence of the diverse parts of this totality. Holistic has to do with the healing systems that are considered alternative like homeopathy and Ayurveda that deal with the human body as an interconnected whole. And yet another search: wholistic adjective
Like me, he's just become more vociferous in pointing out that he thinks religion in general is a "bad thing". He doesn't like things like homeopathy either, but I don't suppose that means he hates everybody who believes in it. He just doesn't like sloppy thinking/misguided ideology. –
The word Mediary has no dictionary definition, nor does it have any common usages. Inter-Mediary has a definition. Like other compound words, such as Inter-National, Inter-Denominational, or Inter-Species, it seemed to me that the second half of Inter-Mediary should stand as a word in its own right. Well, it doesn’t.
This definition of as of is given by Wiktionary: From, at, or until a given time. Collins concurs: up to, on, or from (a specified time) Most dictionaries give the first two senses as listed by Wikipedia, but Garner [A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage; Bryan A. Garner] disagrees:
The suffix -logy means a branch of learning, or study of a particular subject.. The suffix -nomy means a system of rules or laws, or body of knowledge of a particular subject.
To the extent there is no real meaning attached to it, best regards means something like, I wish you well. However, when used as closing ; Warm regards and Best regards don't have much real meaning attached to them and are just polite ways to end a le
“Ay-ay-ay” is an exclamation which entered American pop culture from Mexican Spanish in various ways. In informal conversation, the phrase means literally “oh, oh, oh” and conveys a sense of dismay.
OED has much the same definition. I don't recall seeing the word before, but I assume if I ever did I might have guessed the meaning in context by extension from taciturn. It's actually quite difficult to find an English usage in Google Books (I just see it turning up in hundreds of Latin texts).
I always thought that "encapture" is a word meaning "to capture". However, spellchecking softwares flag this term and a quick Google search shows that this term is not listed in any dictionary except