mercuric en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From mercury + -ic, partly after French mercurique.
Meanings
- (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.
1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 326:
Deriveds
methylmercuric · mercuric acid · mercuric nitrate · mercuric sulfide · mercurammonium · mercuric chloride · mercuric sulphide · mercuric oxide · potassio-mercuric · organomercuric · phenylmercuric · mercurico-
Relateds
Synonyms
mercurous (pertaining to or derived from mercury) · hydrargyric (containing mercury(II))
Translations (3)
es mercúrico (containing mercury with an oxidation number of 2) · it mercurico (containing mercury with an oxidation number of 2) · pt mercúrico (containing mercury with an oxidation number of 2)