hygienic

From French hygiénique. Displaced earlier hygienal.

• IPA^(key): /haɪˈd͡ʒiːnɪk/, /haɪˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/, /hʌɪd͡ʒɪˈɛnɪk/

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• Rhymes: -iːnɪk, -ɛnɪk

hygienic (comparative more hygienic, superlative most hygienic)

1. Pertaining to hygiene; clean, sanitary.
2. (computing, slang, of a macro) Whose expansion is guaranteed not to cause the accidental capture of identifiers.

• unhygienic

• hygienically