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sulphurine

sulphurine adjective: sulphurous.

Adjective

sulphurine (comparative more sulphurine, superlative most sulphurine)

  1. (dated) sulphurous
    • sulphurine acid

Forms of sulphurine

comparativemore sulphurine
superlativemost sulphurine

Origin of sulphurine

From sulphur + -ine?

Questions about sulphurine

What does sulphurine mean?
Sulphurine means sulphurous.
What part of speech is sulphurine?
Sulphurine is an adjective.

Words near sulphurine in the dictionary

  1. sulphurian
  2. sulphuric
  3. sulphuric acid
  4. sulphuricum
  5. sulphuriferous
  6. sulphurine
  7. sulphuring
  8. sulphurisation
  9. sulphurise
  10. sulphurised
  11. sulphurises

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