Definitions
free from filth and pathogens
Word origin
19th century, borrowed from French sanitaire, formed from Latin sanitas (“health”). Analysable as sanity + -ary.
Used in a sentence
“When I made evening rounds, I saw women with their hair rolled, using the sanitaries for rollers.”
“But sanitaries are the worst. The prison only brings out two packs of sanitaries for everybody, and that's like 240 of sanitaries every month for all the women.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Clean and hygienic”8 letters
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