Sclerotic (adj)
sk-leer-ot-ik
(medicine) Of or having sclerosis.
Becoming rigid and unresponsive; losing the ability to adapt.
Example sentences
“The X-ray showed the sclerotic areas.”
“The problem is successive sclerotic governments have kept things stagnant.”

Soigné (adj) swahn-yay Carefully or elegantly done, operated, or designed First recorded in 1915–20. Borrowed directly from French; originally from soin, meaning “care.” (more…)