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sulphite en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (UK, alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of sulfite.
    alt of sulfite
  2. (obsolete) A person who is spontaneous and original in thought and conversation.
    • "I don't know," Anna answered in the slow tone of one who is weight many things, "what Ruth will do. She's a sulphite you know." 1922 May 14, Inez Haynes Irwin, “Hester”, in The Metropolitan, volume 55, page 18:
    • A sulphite is a person who does his own thinking, he is a person who has surprises up his sleeve. He is explosive. 1906, Gelett Burgess, Are You a Bromide?:
    • Some years ago when the engraving business was just getting a foothold in Chicago and Jones was busily engaged in helping said business gain said foothold, he was known as Charles Engraving Jones. This is a fair sample of his methods. You need not expect anything bromidic from Jones; he is a sulphite. 1908, Arthur F. Sheldon, About Smith, Whose Name is Jones, page 837:

Forms

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sulphites Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

bromide

Deriveds

hydrosulphite · monosulphite · hyposulphite · disulphite · pyrosulphite · sodium hydrogen sulphite