Prophylactic (adj)
prof-il-ak-tik
Intended to prevent disease.
Late 16th century: from French prophylactique, from Greek prophulaktikos, from pro ‘before’ + phulassein ‘to guard’.
Example sentences
“We’re going to need to take prophylactic measures to avoid a pandemic.”
Meraki (Μεράκι) (Greek) (noun) me-rah-kee To do something with soul, creativity, and love. When someone cooks with meraki, builds with meraki, writes with meraki, they’ve poured themselves into it. Derived…
