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picric

/ˈpɪkɹɪk/

picric adjective: designating a type of bitter yellow acid.

Adjective

picric (comparative more picric, superlative most picric)

  1. Designating a type of bitter yellow acid.
    • Baldy had not moved since lying down, and his regular and somewhat sterterous breathing […] told Monica that he was alive and resting comfortably. “A week of rest and good care and some picric acid on your burns will put you right, Baldy,” Monica told him.1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter IX, in The Understanding Heart
    • “Something in the picric family might do nicely,” Fatou went on, deploying maps and diagrams about the tiny room.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 593

Forms of picric

comparativemore picric
superlativemost picric

Origin of picric

From French picrique, from Ancient Greek πικρός (pikrós, “bitter”).

Words formed from picric

Questions about picric

What does picric mean?
Picric means designating a type of bitter yellow acid.
What part of speech is picric?
Picric is an adjective.
How do you pronounce picric?
Picric is pronounced /ˈpɪkɹɪk/.

Words near picric in the dictionary

  1. picrated
  2. picrates
  3. picrel
  4. picrels
  5. picrete
  6. picric
  7. picric acid
  8. picrite
  9. picrites
  10. picritic
  11. picro-

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