单词 | pyruvic |
释义 | pyruvic in British Englishadjective pyruvic acid pyruvic in American English (paiˈruːvɪk, pɪ-) adjective Chemistry of or derived from pyruvic acid Word origin [1830–40; pyr- + L ūv(a) grape + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1830–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: ante, baby talk, format, orientation, stroboscope-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic) |
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