boracic
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Medieval Latin borax (genitive boracis), itself via Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq), from Persian بوره (bura).
Adjective[edit]
boracic (not comparable)
- Relating to, or impregnated with borax.
- (dated, inorganic chemistry) Synonym of boric.
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Etymology 2[edit]
Shortened from boracic lint (“skint”).
Alternative forms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
boracic (comparative more boracic, superlative most boracic)
Synonyms[edit]
- broke
- skint (British)
- See also Thesaurus:impoverished
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References[edit]
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967