First published 1921; not fully revised
† zucarineadjective
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What does the adjective zucarine mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zucarine. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
This word is now obsolete. It is only recorded in the Middle English period (1150—1500).
Entry status
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Where does the adjective zucarine come from?
Earliest known use
Middle English
The only known use of the adjective zucarine is in the Middle English period (1150—1500).
OED's earliest evidence for zucarine is from before 1425, in Arderne's Treatises of Fistula.
zucarine is a borrowing from Latin.
Etymons: Latin zucarīnus.
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- zucarine, adj.a1425
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Etymology
Summary
A borrowing from Latin.
Etymon: Latin zucarīnus.
Meaning & use
Obsolete.
- a1425alum zucarine, saccharine alum (see alum n.1 1).
- a1425
Tapsimel, In whiche be puluerez of alume zucarine brent, of attrament, and of vitriol.
translation of Arderne's Treatises of Fistula 40 - a1425
Alum zucaryne is called comonly alumglasse.
translation of Arderne's Treatises of Fistula 81 - [1631
Your Allum Scagliola, or Pol-dipedra; And Zuccarino.
B. Jonson, Divell is Asse iv. iv. 31 in Workes vol. II]
- alum zucarinea1425alum zucarine, saccharine alum (see alum, n.¹ 1).
- white precipitate1588–Any of various compounds of mercury occurring as white solids; (in later use) spec. (more fully infusible white precipitate) mercury amide choride…
- volatile salt or salts.
- malate1788–Chemistry. A salt or ester, or the anion, of malic acid.
- oxalate1788–A salt or ester, or the anion, of oxalic acid.
- sebate1788–A combination of sebacic acid with a base.
- succinate1789–A salt of succinic acid.
- camphorate1800–A salt of camphoric acid.
- suberate1800–A salt or ester of suberic acid.
- tannate1802–A salt of tannic acid.
- formate1807–A salt of formic acid.
- zymate1817–19A salt of ‘zymic acid’.
- uranate1819–A salt containing oxyanions of uranium.
- ambreate1820A salt of ambreic acid.
- fungate1821–85A salt or ester of an acid (fungic acid, n.) extracted from fungi and thought to be a distinct compound, but later identified as a mixture of…
- hydriodide1823–A compound formed by the combination of hydriodic acid with an organic radical (or, formerly, with an element).
- sorbate1823–(See quot. 1823.)
- fulminate1824–Any of a series of salts of fulminic acid with metals, typically highly unstable substances which explode when subjected to percussion, friction, or…
- uraniate1824–80= uranate, n.
- pinate1829–A salt or ester of pinic acid.
- oleate1831–A salt or ester of oleic acid.
- pectate1831–A salt or ester of a pectic acid.
- resinate1831–A salt of a resin acid; a substance containing a mixture of such salts.
- xanthate1831–a. A salt of xanthic (sulfocarbethylic) acid. Hence more widely, a salt or ester of any acid of the form RO·CS·SH, where R is an alkyl or similar…
- formobenzoate1834–Combining form of formic, adj., as in ˌformobenˈzoic n.,formo acid n. an obsolete name for mandelic, adj. acid. ˌformoˈbenzoate n. a salt of this…
- racemate1835–A salt of racemic acid. Now rare.
- lichenate1837–64A salt of an acid (later identified as fumaric acid) found in Iceland moss (the lichen Cetraria islandica) and other lichens. Cf. lichenic acid n.
- indigotate1838–A salt of indigotic acid; a nitrosalicylate.
- japonate1838–A salt of japonic acid.
- oxalhydrate1838= saccharate, n.
- oxalovinate1838–57A salt of oxalovinic acid.
- palmate1838A salt or ester of palmic acid.
- pyruvate1838–A salt or ester, or the anion, of pyruvic acid.
- roccellate1838–A salt or ester of roccellic acid.
- rubinate1838–52A salt of rubinic acid.
- verdite1838–43A salt produced by the action of verdous acid on a base.
- oxalurate1839–A salt or ester, or the anion, of oxaluric acid.
- sesquisalt1839–A compound, a salt having its constituents in these proportions.
- palmitate1840–A salt or ester of palmitic acid.
- rhabarbarate1840A salt of chrysophanic acid. Cf. rhabarbaric acid n. at rhabarbaric, adj.
- hippurate1841–A salt or ester, or the anion, of hippuric acid.
- palmitin1841–A glyceride of palmitic acid; spec. = tripalmitin, n.
- sericate1841A salt of sericic acid.
- stearate1841–A salt or ester of stearic acid.
- oenanthylate1843–A salt or ester of oenanthylic acid (n-heptanoic acid). Cf. oenanthate, n.
- humate1844–A salt of humic acid.
- parabanate1844–A salt or ester of parabanic acid or of one of its substituted derivatives.
- urethylane1844–Methyl-urethane; methyl carbamate.
- angelate1846–A salt or ester of angelic acid.
- fungiate1847–64= fungate, n.
- nitroprusside1849–A salt containing the complex anion [Fe(CN)5NO]²⁻, obtained by treating a ferro or ferricyanide with nitric acid; esp. such a salt (frequently…
- sodium nitroprusside1849–The compound Na2[Fe(CN)5NO], which forms a deep-red crystalline dihydrate and is used as an analytical reagent and as an antihypertensive.
- fulminurate1855–A salt or ester of fulminuric acid.
- igasurate1855–A salt of igasuric acid.
- inosinate1855–= inosate, n.
- phenate1857–A salt or ester of phenol; = phenoxide, n.
- sinapate1857–A salt formed by the action of sinapic acid on an alkali.
- styphnate1857–A salt of styphnic acid.
- anchoate1858–85A salt or ester of anchoic acid.
- parellate1858–A salt or ester of parellic acid.
- toluate1860–A salt of toluic acid, as toluate of calcium, C16H14Ca″O4.
- piperate1862–A salt or ester of piperic acid.
- fumarate1864–A salt of fumaric acid.
- glycollate1864–A salt of glycollic acid.
- hydurilate1865–A salt of hydurilic acid.
- hyoglycocholate1865–A salt of hyoglycocholic acid.
- isamates1865–Related to isatin and to ammonia; in isamic acid, C16H13N3O4, produced by the action of warm ammonia on isatin. Its salts are ˈisamates n.
- itaconates1865–Of, pertaining to, or derived from aconitin. itaconic acid, C5H6O4, an acid isomeric with citraconic and mesaconic acids, obtained in the dry…
- paralactate1866–A salt or ester of paralactic acid. Also called sarcolactate.
- porphyrate1866A salt or ester of porphyric acid.
- usnate1866–A salt produced by a combination of usnic acid with a base.
- thebolactate1867–A salt of thebolactic acid.
- oxalonitrate1868–A compound oxalate and nitrate.
- rhodanate1868–= thiocyanate, n.
- stearerate1868–A salt derived from stearerin.
- terebate1868–A salt of terebic acid.
- terephthalate1868–A salt of terephthalic acid.
- thymotate1868–A salt of thymotic acid.
- turpetholate1868–A salt of turpetholic acid.
- violurate1868–A salt produced by the action of violuric acid on a base.
- viridate1868–A salt formed by the action of viridic acid.
- xanthide1868–A salt of xanthydric (persulfocyanic) acid.
- glycocholate1872–A salt of glycocholic acid.
- xylate1872–A salt of xylic acid.
- xylidate1872–A salt of xylidic acid.
- tiglate1875–A salt of tiglic acid.
- peptonate1876–A salt in which an organic anion derived from a peptone has replaced an inorganic anion.
- hydracrylate1877–A salt of hydracrylic acid.
- thymolate1880–A compound of thymol, in which the hydrogen of the OH group is replaced by a metal.
- formamidine1882–The postulated compound NH2·CH:NH, which is known only as its salts.
- carboxylate1884–A salt or ester of a carboxylic acid; the anion R·COO⁻ derived from a carboxylic acid; an ionized group —COO⁻.
- nucleate1896–A salt or ester of a nucleic acid.
- phytin1905–An insoluble salt of phytic acid with calcium and magnesium, found in plant tissues, esp. cereals. Also more generally: the acid itself. Also (Phytin…
- cacodylate1908–A salt of cacodylic, adj. acid.
- cupferron1910–A brownish-yellow crystalline compound, C6H5N(NO)ONH4, used as a quantitative precipitant for iron, titanium, zirconium, and certain other metals in…
- protamine sulfate1915–A mixture of sulfates of protamines obtained from the sperm or testes of fish, which can be used to neutralize the anticoagulant effect of heparin.
- metallic soap1918–Any of a class of soaps that have a heavy metal or alkaline earth metal in place of the alkali metal in ordinary soaps, are soluble in organic…
- A crystalline solid, C(CH2NO3)4, used as a high explosive and also medically as a vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris; abbreviated PETN.
- phosphagen1927–Any of a group of compounds (esp. creatine phosphate in vertebrate muscle) which contain a phosphate group which can be readily transferred to ADP…
- phosphocreatine1927–Creatine phosphate, CH2(COOH)N(CH3)C(NH)NHPO(OH)2, the phosphagen of vertebrate muscle.
- viologen1933–Any of several salts of the 1, 1′-dialkyl-4,4′-bipyridylium ion, (—C5H4 + N.R)2, which are used as redox indicators.
- pentachlorophenate1938–A salt of pentachlorophenol.
- PETN1944–= pentaerythritol tetranitrate, n.
- hyaluronate1946–A salt of hyaluronic acid.
- A colourless, hygroscopic liquid, (C2H5)4P2O7, that is a cholinesterase inhibitor and is used as a garden insecticide and formerly to relieve the…
- pteroylglutamate1948–The anion, or a salt or ester, of a pteroylglutamic acid; spec. = folate, n.
- A salt of inosic acid (inosic acid at inosic, adj.).