bromo-seltzer
bromo-seltzer noun: a type of proprietary effervescent sedative containing a mixture of bromides.
Noun
bromo-seltzer (plural bromo-seltzers)
- A type of proprietary effervescent sedative containing a mixture of bromides.
- "Wait a minute." Ida, with bedroom slippers clattering, hurried back to her room, returned with a bottle of bromo seltzer and in the bathroom fixed Susan a dose. "You'll feel all right in half an hour or so. Gee, but you're swell—with your own bathroom."a. 1911, David Graham Phillips, Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
- He heard Carling addressing a remark to the bartender: “Give him a bromo-seltzer.” Amory shook his head indignantly. “None that stuff!”1920 April, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, book II (The Education of a Personage), page 214
- Synonyms:
- bromo
Synonyms of bromo-seltzer
Forms of bromo-seltzer
| plural | bromo-seltzers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | bromo seltzer |
Origin of bromo-seltzer
From bromo- + seltzer.
Questions about bromo-seltzer
- What does bromo-seltzer mean?
- Bromo-seltzer means a type of proprietary effervescent sedative containing a mixture of bromides.
- What part of speech is bromo-seltzer?
- Bromo-seltzer is a noun.
- What is the plural of bromo-seltzer?
- The plural of bromo-seltzer is bromo-seltzers.
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