[el-uh-MOS-uh-ner-ee]

adjective

Of or for charity; charitable.

Since when did the US government become an eleemosynary institution tasked with providing for people? Aren’t they just here to fuck up other countries and arrest us when we get out of control?


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Modern Language Association (MLA Style)

“Eleemosynary.” The Effin’ Word, The Effin’ Word, https://effinwords.com/dictionary/eleemosynary. Accessed 11 July 2025.

The Effin’ Word, s.v. “eleemosynary”, accessed July 11, 2025, https://effinwords.com/dictionary/eleemosynary.

The Effin’ Word. (n.d.). Eleemosynary. In The Effin’ Word. Retrieved July 11, 2025, from https://effinwords.com/dictionary/eleemosynary


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