zincic, adj.

zincic
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zincicadjective

## Earlier version

- zincic, a. in OED Second Edition (1989)

## Factsheet

### What does the adjective zincic mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective zincic. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

#### Entry status

OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

### How common is the adjective zincic?

Fewer than 0.01occurrences per million words in modern written English

1800 | 0.0033
1810 | 0.0027
1820 | 0.0025
1830 | 0.008
1840 | 0.026
1850 | 0.034
1860 | 0.035
1870 | 0.035
1880 | 0.035
1890 | 0.035
1900 | 0.029
1910 | 0.011
1920 | 0.0024
1930 | 0.0008
1940 | 0.0007
1950 | 0.0004
1960 | 0.0003
1970 | 0.0003
1980 | 0.0003
1990 | 0.0002
2000 | 0.0002
2010 | 0.0002

### How is the adjective zincic pronounced?

#### British English

/ˈzɪŋkɪk/

### Where does the adjective zincic come from?

Earliest known use

1860s

The earliest known use of the adjective zincic is in the 1860s.

OED's earliest evidence for zincic is from 1860, in the writing of Robert Mayne.

zincic is a borrowing from Latin.

Etymons: Latin zincicus.

### Nearby entries

1. zinc-bloom, n. 1842–
2. zinc chloride, n. 1851–
3. zinc chromate, n. 1851–
4. zinc chrome, n. 1892–
5. zinc-dust, n. 1877–
6. zinc finger, n. 1987–
7. zinc-foil, n. 1851–
8. zinc green, n. 1847–
9. zinc-grey | zinc-gray, n. 1881–
10. zincian, adj. 1930–
11. zincic, adj.1860–
12. zinciferous, adj. 1820–
13. zincification, n. 1891–
14. zincify, v. 1801–
15. zinc-iron, n. & adj. 1849–
16. zincite, n. 1854–
17. zinckenite, n. 1835–
18. zinco, n. 1887–
19. zinco-, comb. form
20. zincode, n. 1839–
21. zincograph, n. 1888–

## Etymology

< modern Latin zincicus, < zincum zinc n.

## Meaning & use

1. 1860–
   Of, pertaining to, or containing zinc. zincic oxide, oxide of zinc, regarded as the source of the compounds called zincates.
   1. 1860

      > Zincicus..Berzelius terms Oxydum zincicum the second degree of oxidation of zinc..zinzic [sic].

      R. G. Mayne, Expository Lexicon Medical Science
   2. 1869

      > The mixture of ethylic zincodiethoxalate and zincic iodide.

      Journal of Chemical Society vol. 22 33
   chemistry minerals
   1. zincy 1757–
      Relating to or containing zinc; resembling or reminiscent of zinc.
   2. zinciferous 1820–
      Containing or producing zinc.
   3. zincic 1860–
      Of, pertaining to, or containing zinc. zincic oxide, oxide of zinc, regarded as the source of the compounds called zincates.
   4. zincian 1930–
      Of a mineral: having a (small) proportion of a constituent element replaced by zinc.
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   1. zincy 1757–
      Relating to or containing zinc; resembling or reminiscent of zinc.
   2. zincic 1860–
      Of, pertaining to, or containing zinc. zincic oxide, oxide of zinc, regarded as the source of the compounds called zincates.
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## Pronunciation

### British English

/ˈzɪŋkɪk/

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##### Consonants

- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

##### Vowels

- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)

##### Other symbols

- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.

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## Forms

### Variant forms

Also zinckic.

## Frequency

zincic typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.

zincic is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands

Frequency data is computed programmatically, and should be regarded as an estimate.

### Frequency of zincic, adj., 1800–2010

* Occurrences per million words in written English

Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.

The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.

For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.

Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.

Decade | Frequency per million words
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1800 | 0.0033
1810 | 0.0027
1820 | 0.0025
1830 | 0.008
1840 | 0.026
1850 | 0.034
1860 | 0.035
1870 | 0.035
1880 | 0.035
1890 | 0.035
1900 | 0.029
1910 | 0.011
1920 | 0.0024
1930 | 0.0008
1940 | 0.0007
1950 | 0.0004
1960 | 0.0003
1970 | 0.0003
1980 | 0.0003
1990 | 0.0002
2000 | 0.0002
2010 | 0.0002

zincic, adj. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zincic, adj. was last modified in December 2024.