etherin
noun
ether·in
variants or less commonly aetherin
ˈēthərə̇n
plural -s
1
archaic : ethylene believed to be a basic radical and a constituent of alcohol, ether, and various other compounds
2
archaic : a white crystalline hydrocarbon found in heavy oil of wine
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary ether, aether + -in
First Known Use
1833, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- inveteracies
- inveteracy
- inveterate
- inveterately
- inveterateness
- inveteratenesses
- inviabilities
- inviability
- inviable
- invidiae
- invidias
- invidious
- invidiously
- invidiousness
- invidiousnesses
- invigilancy
- invigilate
- invigilated
- invigilates
- invigilating
- invigilation
- invigilations
- invigilator
- invigilators
- invigor