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resinic

resinic is the dated form of resinous.

Meaning of resinous

Adjective

resinous (comparative more resinous, superlative most resinous)

  1. Of or relating to resin.
    • Resin, pitch, sealing-wax, caoutchouc, sulphur, gutta-percha, and generally all bodies commonly termed resinous, besides a great variety of others, will be found to acquire, after friction, the power of attracting light bodies, and hence will be said, according to a limitation of terms already...1855, William Somerville Orr, Orr's Circle of the Sciences, page 205
    Synonyms:
    resinaceous
  2. (dated) Negative (of electric charge).
    Antonyms:
    vitreous

Origin of resinic

From resin + -ic.

Words that rhyme with resinic

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Questions about resinic

What is resinic the dated form of?
Resinic is the dated form of resinous.

Words near resinic in the dictionary

  1. resiner
  2. resiners
  3. resing
  4. resingularization
  5. resingularizations
  6. resinic
  7. resinicolous
  8. resiniferatoxin
  9. resiniferous
  10. resinifiable
  11. resinification

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