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quassinoid en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English quassia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English quassin Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English quassinoid From quassin + -oid.

Meanings

1. Any of several triterpenoids related to quassin
   • “Did you not read the file?” “Oh, I read the file. He's an expert on quassinoid extraction. He has three birds named after him in New Guinea. He won the Havlstrom Prize.” “Uh, correction -- He was runner up for the Havlstrom Prize.” “See? That's why we're partners. I knew he was runner up. I was testing you. You passed.” 2025 February 2, Joe Bennett & Steve Hely, “Pilot” (18:51 from the start), in Common Side Effects, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Agent Copano (Joseph Lee Anderson):

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