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- First recorded between 1300鈥�50.
- Combines after + 肠濒补辫鹿, meaning “a loud sound; a strike or a hit.”
- The Dutch word achterklap, meaning “bitter gossip,” is likely related.
EXAMPLES OF AFTERCLAP
- The dancer’s fame brought joy at first, but the afterclap was strangers and grifters claiming to know her.
- Jay aced the exam, but the afterclap of this success was getting drafted to tutor the entire class.
unalienable
[ uhn-eyl-yuh-nuh-buhl ]
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adjective
not capable of being taken away, denied, or transferred
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Why Dictionary.com chose mundify
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- First recorded between 1375鈥�1425.
- From Latin 尘耻苍诲颈蹿颈肠腻谤别, from the root mundus, meaning “clean or neat.”
EXAMPLES OF MUNDIFY
- The cabin retreat allowed them to mundify their minds from digital overload.
- A cold plunge in the glacial stream was said to mundify the spirit.
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