mercuric
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 8
Definition of mercuric
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
- (not-comparable, obsolete)Pertaining to or derived from mercury.
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adj
- (not-comparable, obsolete)Pertaining to or derived from mercury.
- (not-comparable)Specifically (of a compound), containing mercury with an oxidation number of 2.
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(not-comparable, rare)Mercurial (of people).
“I was the least mercuric, the most sedentary of the three, and my poor eyesight made me an indifferent athlete, though I fenced well and even got my blue for it.”
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Etymology
From mercury + -ic, partly after French mercurique.
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