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noun
1.
the act or process of adulterating.
2.
the state of being adulterated.
3.
something adulterated.
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Adulteration
has a plethora of syllables.
So is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Does it mean:
| (used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.) |
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
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World English Dictionary
| adulterate | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to debase by adding inferior material: to adulterate milk with water |
| —adj | |
| 2. | adulterated; debased or impure |
| 3. | a less common word for adulterous |
| [C16: from Latin adulterāre to corrupt, commit adultery, probably from alter another, hence to approach another, commit adultery] | |
| adulter'ation | |
| —n | |
| a'dulterator | |
| —n | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
adulteration
c.1500, from L. adulterationem (nom. adulteratio), from adulteratus, pp. of adulterare "corrupt, debauch," from ad- "to" + L.L. alterare "to alter" (see alter).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
adulteration a·dul·ter·a·tion (ə-dŭl'tə-rā'shən)
n.
The alteration, especially the debasement, of a substance by deliberately adding something not ordinarily a part of it.
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