boracic
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English [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From Medieval Latin borax (genitive boracis), itself via Arabic بورق (báuraq), from Persian بوره (būra).
Adjective [edit]
boracic (not comparable)
Derived terms [edit]
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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 Wikisaurus:impoverished
Translations [edit]
References [edit]
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967