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Japonic, a.|dʒəˈpɒnɪk|
[f. as prec. + -ic.]
Of or pertaining to Japan; Japanese.
Japonic earth: catechu, terra japonica. japonic acid: C12H10O5, a form of tannic acid obtained from catechu.
1673Ray Journ. Low C., Milan 245 Chinese and Japonic manuscripts. 1710T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 104 Powder'd Japonic Earth. 1789W. Buchan Dom. Med. (1790) 275 The size of the nutmeg of diascordium, or the japonic confection. 1838T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 116 By this absorption of oxygen, the catechuic acid is changed into japonic acid. 1859Fownes Man. Chem. 457 Japonic acid is a black and nearly insoluble substance, soluble in alkalies and precipitated by acids.
Hence Jaˈponically adv., in Japanese style; Jaˈponicize v., to make Japanese, to Japanize.
1889Academy 27 July 656 A sort of tale..illustrated ‘japonically’. 1890Athenæum 30 Aug. 284/1 Japanese place-names..japonicized in pronunciation. |