Ablactate (verb)
ab-lak-tayt
to wean
First recorded in 1750–60. Combines the prefix ab-, meaning “away from,” + lactate, from the Latin lactāre, meaning “to give milk.”
Example sentences
“They decideed it was time to follow the doctor’s advice and ablactate the twins.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
