DEET

deet English Etymology From d t, the initials of diethyl and toluamide in the name of the chemical. Pronunciation en iːt 1 Proper noun An insect repellent (chemical name N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide) that can be applied to skin or clothing. en diethyltoluamide en 2022-11-26 Virginia Feito Sweating Through a Honeymoon in Paradise w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/26/style/sweating-through-a-honeymoon-in-paradise.html According to my iPhone, there is 90 percent humidity during the outdoor dance. I presume 100 percent humidity involves drowning. Rivulets of sweat pour down my spine like caressing fingers. I spray DEET on myself so profusely I can taste the chemicals on my tongue through my nostrils. https://web.archive.org/web/20221201093752/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/26/style/sweating-through-a-honeymoon-in-paradise.html 1 December 2022 Translations insect repellent Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 避蚊胺 bìwén'àn Hungarian: hu DEET, hu N,N-dietil-meta-toluamid Anagrams en deet TDEE tede Teed teed Dete French fr: Noun m en DEET an insect repellant