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Definition: PRUSSIC |
PRUSSICAdjective1. Designating the acid now called hydrocyanic acid, but formerly called prussic acid, because Prussian blue is derived from it or its compounds. See Hydrocyanic. |
Date "PRUSSIC" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
Etymology: Prussic \Prus"sic\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression prussique.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Bane | Albany hemp, arsenious oxide, arsenious acid; bichloride of mercury; carbonic acid, carbonic gas; choke damp, corrosive sublimate, fire damp; hydrocyanic acid, cyanide, Prussic acid, hydrogen cyanide; marsh gas, nux vomica, ratsbane. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: PRUSSIC |
| English words defined with "PRUSSIC": hydrocyanic acid ♦ Laurel water ♦ Prussiate. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "PRUSSIC": Nitroprussic. (references) |
| Author | Quotation |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Tobacco, coffee, alcohol, hashish, prussic acid, strychnine, are weak dilutions; the surest poison is time. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| "PRUSSIC" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "PRUSSIC" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 7 | 133,076 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "PRUSSIC": prussic acid ♦ prussic acide. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
acid prussic | 13 |
knot prussic | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "PRUSSIC"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | acid prusik (prussic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | بروسي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | циановодородна киселина (prussic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Pruisisch zuur (prussic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | prusacido (prussic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sinihappo (prussic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | acide prussique (prussic acide). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | blausäure (cyanide, hydrocyanic acid, prussic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πρωσικό οξύ (prussic acid), υδροκυάνιο (prussic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kéksav (hydrocyanic acid, prussic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | acido prussico (prussic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | prooshagh (Prussian). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ussicpray ácido prússico (prussic acid). (various references) acid prusic (prussic acid). (various references) синильная кислота (hydrocyanic acid, prussic acid). (various references) cijanovodonična kiselina (prussic acid). (various references) prúsico. (various references) blåsyra (prussic acid). (various references) asit prusik (prussic acid). (various references) синильний. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"PRUSSIC" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: kruskic, Paussac, perisic, Peruzzi, presic, Preussag, prisci, prissick, Prosim, prossie, Prusik, Pruss, prussick, prussik, pussi, Puzznic. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "PRUSSIC" (pronounced 'Prus"sic'): Akinesic, Amnesic, Antilyssic, Aphasic, BASIC, Bibasic, Ferriprussic, Ferroprussic, Glossic, Gneissic, Jurassic, Liassic, Magnesic, Manganesic, Melassic, Melissic, Monobasic, Music, Neoclassic, Nitroprussic, Pectosic, Pentabasic, Persic, Polybasic, Pottassic, Quadribasic, Sesquibasic, thalassic, Triassic. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-i-p-r-s-s-u" | |
-1 letter: crisps, cuspis, scrips, sirups. | |
-2 letters: crisp, cusps, priss, puris, risus, scrip, scups, sirup, spics, spurs. | |
-3 letters: cris, crus, cups, curs, cusp, cuss, pics, piss, psis, puri, purs, puss, rips, scup, sics, sips, sirs, spic, spur, sris, sups, uric. | |
-4 letters: cis, cup, cur, pic, pis, piu, psi, pur, pus, rip, sic, sip, sir, sis, sri. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-i-p-r-s-s-u" | |
+2 letters: aruspices, cuspidors, piecrusts, spruciest, subscript, surplices. | |
+3 letters: courtships, epicurisms, haruspices, percussing, percussion, percussive, preciouses, pushchairs, scriptures, subscripts, subtropics, supercoils, superslick, supersonic, tricuspids, uroscopies. | |
+4 letters: manuscripts, pasticheurs, pedicurists, percussions, perspicuous, picaresques, piscivorous, preclusions, promiscuous, prosceniums, prosciuttos, putrescines, scrumptious, supercities, superficies, supermicros, superscribe, superscript, supersonics, supertonics, supremacies, supremacist. | |
+5 letters: computerises, computerists, consumership, copublishers, counterspies, curatorships, discomposure, lectureships, microsporous, parachutists, percussively, persecutions, portcullises, postsurgical, preciousness, preconscious, prefocussing, prosecutions, quadricepses, repercussion, repercussive, scriptoriums, scrupulosity, semiprecious, subscription, superbitches, supercilious, superhelices, superinduces, superinfects, superplastic, superscribed, superscribes, superscripts, superspecial, supremacists, transpicuous. | |
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