Efficacious
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Efficacious
This is from Latin. It’s earliest known usage is 1528. Meaning: having the power to produce a desired effect. I’m not certain how different this is from effective.
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Re: Efficacious
I have only heard this used for facetious effect in exactly one context - Lily the Pink by The Scaffold.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x8D4T--0v4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x8D4T--0v4
Iain
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