arsenical

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Scrabble points: 11
Words With Friends: 14
Letters: 9

Pronunciation

/ɑːˈsɛnɪkl̩/(UK)

Definition of arsenical

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

Of or pertaining to, or containing, arsenic.

“Radio-active baths are said to act favourably in a sexual direction. So too with arsenical springs, cold water treatment, and hydrotherapy.”

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adj

Of or pertaining to, or containing, arsenic.

“Radio-active baths are said to act favourably in a sexual direction. So too with arsenical springs, cold water treatment, and hydrotherapy.”

noun

Any drug or other substance containing arsenic.

“Thus Mercury cures the holes which it has provoked and other Arsenicals do likewise.”

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃enyomder. Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰr̥Hanyam Proto-Iranian *jr̥Hanyam Old Median *zaranyam Old Median *kā Old Median *zaraniyakāder. Middle Persian *zarnīkbor. Classical Syriac ܙܪܢܝܟܐ (zarnīḵā)der. Arabic الزَرْنِيخ (az-zarnīḵ)bor. Byzantine Greek ἀρσενικόν (arsenikón)der. Latin arsenicum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English arsenical From Latin arsenicum + -al.

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