See Also: ecdemic(medicine)

displeasant (iou) and ecdemic (medicine)


displeasant (iou)



displeasant adjective. Long arch. rare. LME.
[Old French desplaisant pres. pple of desplaisir: see DISPLEASE, -ANT1.]
Unpleasant; displeasing. LME.
Displeased. L15-E18.
displeasantly adverb M16-E18.

ecdemic (medicine)


ecdemic
<epidemiology> Denoting a disease brought into a region from without.

Origin: G. Ekdemos, foreign, from Home, fr. Demos, people