tannic
/ˈtæn.ɪk/
tannic adjective: pertaining to, containing, or obtained from tannin.
Adjective
tannic (not comparable)
- Pertaining to, containing, or obtained from tannin.
- They're tannic and sometimes a little bitter depending on how long the skins have contact with the juice.2015, Lettie Teague, Wine in Words: Some Notes for Better Drinking, Rizzoli Publications, →ISBN
Origin of tannic
From French tannique, from tan. By surface analysis, tann- + -ic.
Words formed from tannic
Phrases with tannic
Words that rhyme with tannic
- organic
- mechanic
- panic
- aldermanic
- Hispanic
- inorganic
- Romanic
- tetanic
- volcanic
- cyanic
- melanic
- titanic
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- tympanic
- uranic
- allophanic
- manic
- montanic
- Sudanic
- veganic
- alloxanic
- balanic
- bistephanic
- botanic
- Britannic
- caroticotympanic
- Catalanic
- clavulanic
- Dianic
- endotympanic
- extratympanic
- furanic
- hydrovolcanic
- incudotympanic
- intertympanic
- Itanic
- manganic
- neanic
- nontympanic
- paratympanic
- pharyngotympanic
- phytanic
- pristanic
- Proto-Germanic
- pyranic
- retrotympanic
- shamanic
- stannic
- sultanic
- Trajanic
- tyrannic
Questions about tannic
- What does tannic mean?
- Tannic means pertaining to, containing, or obtained from tannin.
- What part of speech is tannic?
- Tannic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce tannic?
- Tannic is pronounced /ˈtæn.ɪk/.
Words near tannic in the dictionary
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