of or containing cobalt, esp in the trivalent state
cobaltic in American English
(koʊˈbɔltɪk)
adjective
1.
of cobalt
2.
of or containing trivalent cobalt
cobaltic in American English
(kouˈbɔltɪk)
adjective
of or containing cobalt, esp. in the trivalent state
Word origin
[1775–85; cobalt + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1775–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Americanism, alto, backfire, guideline, polyphonic-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)