boracic

English

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin borax (genitive boracis), itself via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Persian بوره (būra).

Adjective

boracic (not comparable)

1. Relating to, or impregnated with borax
2. (dated, inorganic chemistry) Synonym of boric

Derived terms

• boracic acid
• boracic lint
• boracite

Translations

Relating to borax

• French: (dated) boracique (fr) m or f, borique (fr) m or f
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• Irish: bórásach

Etymology 2

Shortened from boracic lint (“skint”).

Alternative forms

• brassic

Adjective

boracic (comparative more boracic, superlative most boracic)

1. (Cockney rhyming slang) penniless

Synonyms

• broke
• skint (British)
• See also Thesaurus:impoverished

Translations

penniless

• French: fauché (fr) m, fauchée (fr) f
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References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• braccio