zucarine, adj.

zucarine
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# † zucarineadjective

## Earlier version

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

## In other dictionaries

- zucarīne, adj. in Middle English Dictionary

## Factsheet

### 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

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

### 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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8. Zr, n. 1814–
9. zubr, n. 1763–
10. zubrowka, n. 1916–
11. zucarine, adj.a1425
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13. zucchetto, n. 1853–
14. zucchini, n. 1916–
15. zuche, n. 1358–1676
16. Zuckerkandl, n. 1910–
17. zufolo, n. 1724–
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19. zugtrompete, n. 1978–
20. Zugunruhe, n. 1950–
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## Etymology

### Summary

A borrowing from Latin.
Etymon: Latin zucarīnus.
< medieval Latin zucarīnus adjective, < zucara sugar n.

## Meaning & use

Obsolete.

1. a1425
   alum zucarine, saccharine alum (see alum n.1 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
   2. a1425

      > Alum zucaryne is called comonly alumglasse.

      translation of Arderne's Treatises of Fistula 81
   3. [1631

      > Your Allum Scagliola, or Pol-dipedra; And Zuccarino.

      B. Jonson, Divell is Asse iv. iv. 31 in Workes vol. II]
   organic chemistry
   1. alum zucarine a1425
      alum zucarine, saccharine alum (see alum, n.¹ 1).
   2. white precipitate 1588–
      Any of various compounds of mercury occurring as white solids; (in later use) spec. (more fully infusible white precipitate) mercury amide choride…
   3. volatile salt or salts 1639–
      volatile salt or salts.
   4. malate 1788–
      Chemistry. A salt or ester, or the anion, of malic acid.
   5. oxalate 1788–
      A salt or ester, or the anion, of oxalic acid.
   6. sebate 1788–
      A combination of sebacic acid with a base.
   7. succinate 1789–
      A salt of succinic acid.
   8. camphorate 1800–
      A salt of camphoric acid.
   9. suberate 1800–
      A salt or ester of suberic acid.
   10. tannate 1802–
       A salt of tannic acid.
   11. formate 1807–
       A salt of formic acid.
   12. zymate 1817–19
       A salt of ‘zymic acid’.
   13. uranate 1819–
       A salt containing oxyanions of uranium.
   14. ambreate 1820
       A salt of ambreic acid.
   15. fungate 1821–85
       A 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…
   16. hydriodide 1823–
       A compound formed by the combination of hydriodic acid with an organic radical (or, formerly, with an element).
   17. sorbate 1823–
       (See quot. 1823.)
   18. fulminate 1824–
       Any of a series of salts of fulminic acid with metals, typically highly unstable substances which explode when subjected to percussion, friction, or…
   19. uraniate 1824–80
       = uranate, n.
   20. pinate 1829–
       A salt or ester of pinic acid.
   21. oleate 1831–
       A salt or ester of oleic acid.
   22. pectate 1831–
       A salt or ester of a pectic acid.
   23. resinate 1831–
       A salt of a resin acid; a substance containing a mixture of such salts.
   24. xanthate 1831–
       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…
   25. formobenzoate 1834–
       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…
   26. racemate 1835–
       A salt of racemic acid. Now rare.
   27. lichenate 1837–64
       A salt of an acid (later identified as fumaric acid) found in Iceland moss (the lichen Cetraria islandica) and other lichens. Cf. lichenic acid n.
   28. indigotate 1838–
       A salt of indigotic acid; a nitrosalicylate.
   29. japonate 1838–
       A salt of japonic acid.
   30. oxalhydrate 1838
       = saccharate, n.
   31. oxalovinate 1838–57
       A salt of oxalovinic acid.
   32. palmate 1838
       A salt or ester of palmic acid.
   33. pyruvate 1838–
       A salt or ester, or the anion, of pyruvic acid.
   34. roccellate 1838–
       A salt or ester of roccellic acid.
   35. rubinate 1838–52
       A salt of rubinic acid.
   36. verdite 1838–43
       A salt produced by the action of verdous acid on a base.
   37. oxalurate 1839–
       A salt or ester, or the anion, of oxaluric acid.
   38. sesquisalt 1839–
       A compound, a salt having its constituents in these proportions.
   39. palmitate 1840–
       A salt or ester of palmitic acid.
   40. rhabarbarate 1840
       A salt of chrysophanic acid. Cf. rhabarbaric acid n. at rhabarbaric, adj.
   41. hippurate 1841–
       A salt or ester, or the anion, of hippuric acid.
   42. palmitin 1841–
       A glyceride of palmitic acid; spec. = tripalmitin, n.
   43. sericate 1841
       A salt of sericic acid.
   44. stearate 1841–
       A salt or ester of stearic acid.
   45. oenanthylate 1843–
       A salt or ester of oenanthylic acid (n-heptanoic acid). Cf. oenanthate, n.
   46. humate 1844–
       A salt of humic acid.
   47. parabanate 1844–
       A salt or ester of parabanic acid or of one of its substituted derivatives.
   48. urethylane 1844–
       Methyl-urethane; methyl carbamate.
   49. angelate 1846–
       A salt or ester of angelic acid.
   50. fungiate 1847–64
       = fungate, n.
   51. nitroprusside 1849–
       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…
   52. sodium nitroprusside 1849–
       The compound Na2[Fe(CN)5NO], which forms a deep-red crystalline dihydrate and is used as an analytical reagent and as an antihypertensive.
   53. fulminurate 1855–
       A salt or ester of fulminuric acid.
   54. igasurate 1855–
       A salt of igasuric acid.
   55. inosinate 1855–
       = inosate, n.
   56. phenate 1857–
       A salt or ester of phenol; = phenoxide, n.
   57. sinapate 1857–
       A salt formed by the action of sinapic acid on an alkali.
   58. styphnate 1857–
       A salt of styphnic acid.
   59. anchoate 1858–85
       A salt or ester of anchoic acid.
   60. parellate 1858–
       A salt or ester of parellic acid.
   61. toluate 1860–
       A salt of toluic acid, as toluate of calcium, C16H14Ca″O4.
   62. piperate 1862–
       A salt or ester of piperic acid.
   63. fumarate 1864–
       A salt of fumaric acid.
   64. glycollate 1864–
       A salt of glycollic acid.
   65. hydurilate 1865–
       A salt of hydurilic acid.
   66. hyoglycocholate 1865–
       A salt of hyoglycocholic acid.
   67. isamates 1865–
       Related to isatin and to ammonia; in isamic acid, C16H13N3O4, produced by the action of warm ammonia on isatin. Its salts are ˈisamates n.
   68. itaconates 1865–
       Of, pertaining to, or derived from aconitin. itaconic acid, C5H6O4, an acid isomeric with citraconic and mesaconic acids, obtained in the dry…
   69. paralactate 1866–
       A salt or ester of paralactic acid. Also called sarcolactate.
   70. porphyrate 1866
       A salt or ester of porphyric acid.
   71. usnate 1866–
       A salt produced by a combination of usnic acid with a base.
   72. thebolactate 1867–
       A salt of thebolactic acid.
   73. oxalonitrate 1868–
       A compound oxalate and nitrate.
   74. rhodanate 1868–
       = thiocyanate, n.
   75. stearerate 1868–
       A salt derived from stearerin.
   76. terebate 1868–
       A salt of terebic acid.
   77. terephthalate 1868–
       A salt of terephthalic acid.
   78. thymotate 1868–
       A salt of thymotic acid.
   79. turpetholate 1868–
       A salt of turpetholic acid.
   80. violurate 1868–
       A salt produced by the action of violuric acid on a base.
   81. viridate 1868–
       A salt formed by the action of viridic acid.
   82. xanthide 1868–
       A salt of xanthydric (persulfocyanic) acid.
   83. glycocholate 1872–
       A salt of glycocholic acid.
   84. xylate 1872–
       A salt of xylic acid.
   85. xylidate 1872–
       A salt of xylidic acid.
   86. tiglate 1875–
       A salt of tiglic acid.
   87. peptonate 1876–
       A salt in which an organic anion derived from a peptone has replaced an inorganic anion.
   88. hydracrylate 1877–
       A salt of hydracrylic acid.
   89. thymolate 1880–
       A compound of thymol, in which the hydrogen of the OH group is replaced by a metal.
   90. formamidine 1882–
       The postulated compound NH2·CH:NH, which is known only as its salts.
   91. carboxylate 1884–
       A salt or ester of a carboxylic acid; the anion R·COO⁻ derived from a carboxylic acid; an ionized group —COO⁻.
   92. nucleate 1896–
       A salt or ester of a nucleic acid.
   93. phytin 1905–
       An insoluble salt of phytic acid with calcium and magnesium, found in plant tissues, esp. cereals. Also more generally: the acid itself. Also (Phytin…
   94. cacodylate 1908–
       A salt of cacodylic, adj. acid.
   95. cupferron 1910–
       A brownish-yellow crystalline compound, C6H5N(NO)ONH4, used as a quantitative precipitant for iron, titanium, zirconium, and certain other metals in…
   96. protamine sulfate 1915–
       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.
   97. metallic soap 1918–
       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…
   98. pentaerythritol tetranitrate 1923–
       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.
   99. phosphagen 1927–
       Any of a group of compounds (esp. creatine phosphate in vertebrate muscle) which contain a phosphate group which can be readily transferred to ADP…
   100. phosphocreatine 1927–
        Creatine phosphate, CH2(COOH)N(CH3)C(NH)NHPO(OH)2, the phosphagen of vertebrate muscle.
   101. viologen 1933–
        Any of several salts of the 1, 1′-dialkyl-4,4′-bipyridylium ion, (—C5H4 + N.R)2, which are used as redox indicators.
   102. pentachlorophenate 1938–
        A salt of pentachlorophenol.
   103. PETN 1944–
        = pentaerythritol tetranitrate, n.
   104. hyaluronate 1946–
        A salt of hyaluronic acid.
   105. tetraethylpyrophosphate 1947–
        A colourless, hygroscopic liquid, (C2H5)4P2O7, that is a cholinesterase inhibitor and is used as a garden insecticide and formerly to relieve the…
   106. pteroylglutamate 1948–
        The anion, or a salt or ester, of a pteroylglutamic acid; spec. = folate, n.
   107. inosate
        A salt of inosic acid (inosic acid at inosic, adj.).
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zucarine, adj. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.

zucarine, adj. was last modified in July 2023.