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Chinese ginger (medicine) and self-satisfied (oh)


Chinese ginger (medicine)


Chinese ginger -->
galangal


The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian or Chinese species of Alpinia (A. Galanga and A. Officinarum) and of the Kaempferia Galanga), all of the Ginger family.

Origin: OE. Galingale, OF. Galingal, garingal, F. Galanga (cf. Sp. Galanga), prob. Fr. Ar. Khalanjn.

Source: Websters Dictionary


self-satisfied (oh)



adj
too pleased with yourself and what you have done - used to show disapproval
::A self-satisfied smile settled on his face.
-- .self-satis'faction n [U]
::a feeling of self-satisfaction