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fracid

fracid adjective: rotten from being too ripe; overripe.

Adjective

fracid (comparative more fracid, superlative most fracid)

  1. (obsolete) Rotten from being too ripe; overripe.
    • the fracid ferment of putrifying Bodies1655, Samuel Hartlib, The Reformed Common-wealth of Bees

Forms of fracid

comparativemore fracid
superlativemost fracid

Origin of fracid

Latin fracidus (“mellow, soft”).

Questions about fracid

What does fracid mean?
Fracid means rotten from being too ripe; overripe.
What part of speech is fracid?
Fracid is an adjective.

Words near fracid in the dictionary

  1. fracced
  2. fraccent
  3. fraccents
  4. fraccing
  5. fracedinous
  6. fracid
  7. fracing
  8. frack
  9. frackable
  10. fracked
  11. fracker

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