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paraffinic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.22 in modern English

Syllables
paraf-finic
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to paraffin, or to the alkanes

adj

aliphatic

Etymology

Etymology tree English paraffin Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English paraffinic From paraffin + -ic.

Derived Forms

nonparaffinic

Phrases

paraffinic acid

Rhymes With

clinic cynic rabbinic nicotinic monoclinic muscarinic finnick polyclinic minnick succinic actinic finnic

Questions

What does paraffinic mean?
Of or pertaining to paraffin, or to the alkanes
Where does paraffinic come from?
Etymology tree English paraffin Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English paraffinic From paraffin + -ic.

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