Hygienic Meaning
/haɪˈd͡ʒiːnɪk/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
Listen pronunciation
Definition
adjPertaining to hygiene; clean, sanitary, free of disease.
adjWhose expansion is guaranteed not to cause the accidental capture of identifiers.
Sentence Examples
That doesn't seem very hygienic.
In cats, grooming has hygienic benefits.
It's not very hygienic to use your hands.
CEFR Practice Quiz
To prevent the spread of germs, the hospital requires all surfaces to be kept ____ at all times.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The restaurant was closed by inspectors because it failed to meet basic ____ standards.
Word Origin & History
From French hygiénique. Displaced earlier hygienal.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Of course, anyone with a Scheme background is probably howling at this point because they have a hygienic macro system that makes unintended variable capture impossible. Allowing variable capture when we really, really want it makes Clojure's macro system technically more dangerous than hygienic systems."
— 2014, Colin Jones, Mastering Clojure Macros: Write Cleaner, Faster, Smarter Code, Pragmatic Bookshelf, →ISBN:
Explore More C1 Vocabulary Words
CEFR Practice Quiz
To prevent the spread of germs, the hospital requires all surfaces to be kept ____ at all times.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The restaurant was closed by inspectors because it failed to meet basic ____ standards.