glycerolChem.|ˈglɪsərɒl| [f. glycer-ine + -ol (the characteristic suffix of the names of alcohols).] = glycerine 1. 1884Roscoe & Schorlemmer Treat.Chem. III. ii. 344 Glycerine, or, as we now prefer to term it, glycerol.1889in Muir & Morley Watts' Dict.Chem.