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thymotic

UK/ˈθaɪ.mɒt.ɪk//ˈθaɪ.mɑ.tɪk/

thymotic adjective: of, related to, or derived from thymotic acid or thymol.

Adjective

thymotic (not comparable)

  1. Of, related to, or derived from thymotic acid or thymol.
    • As thymotic acid is extremely difficult to obtain, it was found advisable to follow the method of Claus and Krause (J. p. Chem., 1891, [ii], 43, 347), and to prepare 2-bromothymol by decomposing 2-bromothymol-6-sulphonic acid with hydrochloric acid in a sealed tube […]1908, Philip Wilfred Robertson, “Orthobromophenols and some bromonitrophenols”, in Journal of the Chemical Society, volume 93, page 788
  2. Of, of related to the thymos.
    • The truth of humanity, in other words, has arisen from conflicts that are essentially 'thymotic', that is, concerned with the conditions of ethical, political, and moral recognition.2013, Ross Abbinnett, Politics of Happiness: Connecting the Philosophical Ideas of Hegel, Nietzsche and Derrida to the Political Ideologies of Happiness

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Questions about thymotic

What does thymotic mean?
Thymotic means of, related to, or derived from thymotic acid or thymol.
What part of speech is thymotic?
Thymotic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce thymotic?
Thymotic is pronounced /ˈθaɪ.mɒt.ɪk/ (UK).

Words near thymotic in the dictionary

  1. thymosin
  2. thymosins
  3. thymothymectomies
  4. thymothymectomy
  5. thymothymomectomy
  6. thymotic
  7. thymotic acid
  8. thymotic acids
  9. thymotoxic
  10. thymotrinan
  11. thymotropic

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