单词 | nitrosulphureous |
释义 | nitrosulphureousnitrosulfureousadj. Chemistry. Now rare and historical. Consisting of nitre and sulphur.figurative in quot. 1656. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > smell and odour > fetor > [adjective] > other spec. sulphureousa1552 sulphured1605 sulphurous1606 sulphury1614 mephitic1623 nidorulent1634 empyreumatic1651 nidorous1651 Stymphalian1653 hircine1656 nitrosulphureous1656 empyreumatical1661 nitro-sulphurious1693 mephitical1704 nidorose1707 nitro-sulphurous1717 empyreumatized1829 onionized1830 Stymphalid1831 hircinous1866 the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > nitrogen > [adjective] > compounds > with sulphur nitrosulphureous1656 nitro-sulphurious1693 nitro-sulphurous1717 1656 S. Holland Don Zara ii. i. 62 Henceforth I will abjure the thought of that nefarious Nitrosulphureous Sex. 1669 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 4 969 Now whether these Eruptions are caused..by Fire struck out of falling and breaking stones, whose sparks meet with Nitro-sulphureous or other inflamable substances heap'd together in the bowels of the Earth..may not be unworthy of a Philosopher's speculation. 1671 R. Bohun Disc. Wind 31 Especially the nitrosulphureous and other Minerall or Metallic Concretes. 1695 S. Patrick Comm. Gen. (1697) 318 Some of that dreadful Shower..falling upon her, wrapt her Body in a sheet of Nitro-Sulphureous Matter. 1708 Brit. Apollo 21–23 Apr. Lightning [is] nothing else but a very subtle Nitro-sulphureous Matter enflamed. 1728 Philos. Trans. 1726–7 (Royal Soc.) 34 130 From these Observations, I suppose that the Aurora Borealis is a thin Nitro-sulphureous Vapour rais'd in our Atmosphere considerably higher than the Clouds. 1747 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 183/1 A collection..of such nitro-sulphureous fulminating vapours. 1980 R. G. Frank Harvey & Oxf. Physiologists ix. 222 Willis leaves the reader wondering where the ‘nitrosulphureous particles’ originated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1656 |
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