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allergic

[ uh-lur-jik ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

of or relating to allergy:
an allergic reaction to wool.
having an allergy.
Informal. having a strong dislike or aversion:
He's allergic to most modern music.

allergic

/ əˈlɜːdʒɪk /

of, relating to, having, or caused by an allergy
informal.
postpositivefoll byto having an aversion (to)
he's allergic to work

First recorded in 1910–15; allerg(y) + -ic

It is impossible to know when allergic reactions occur, and most that do are quite serious.

Historically, Washington is not allergic to cooperation with devils.

Ross needs to go to the hospital after having an allergic reaction, leaving Joey and Chandler to watch Baby Ben.

But no matter, we are allergic and getting more allergic, hear us roar (and sniffle and whine and hack).

The teenage schoolgirl died from an allergic reaction to penicillin last June during the botched operation.

I did not label him efficiency-expert, for printers have always been notoriously allergic to that title.

He also was allergic to nearly everything and was always sneezing at the wrong time, just when we were supposed to be quiet.

I never spoke with him very much, because I think we were allergic to each other.

Lindsay had seen too much of allergic reactions since reaching Earth not to know he was looking at another.

Turning in on his contour couch, Lindsay recalled that he had given whiskey to the allergic athlete.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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