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vaccimulgence

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  • noun The milking of cows.

Etymologies

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Latin vacca (a cow) and Latin verb emulgere (to milk out).

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Examples

  • Will you try to look out for a fit servant for us, -- simple of heart, physiognomically handsome, and scientific in vaccimulgence.

    Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1803

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  • oroboros commented on the word vaccimulgence

    Cow milking, believe it or not! I thought it was related to vaccines somehow...

    September 30, 2007

  • seanahan commented on the word vaccimulgence

    The original vaccine was developed from Cow Pox, I believe.

    September 30, 2007

  • reesetee commented on the word vaccimulgence

    Yup. "Vacca" is cow in Latin, I believe. Actually, I just discovered that vaccicide (the killing of a cow) is a real word. :-)

    September 30, 2007