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salicylic

/sælɪˈsɪlɪk/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables
sal-i-cylic
IPA
/sælɪˈsɪlɪk/
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Derived from salicin.

Etymology

From salicyl + -ic, from Latin salix (“willow tree”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

acetylsalicylic aminosalicylic salol sulfosalicylic sulphosalicylic thiosalicylic

Phrases

salicylic acid

Questions

How do you pronounce salicylic?
The recorded pronunciation is /sælɪˈsɪlɪk/.
What does salicylic mean?
Derived from salicin.
Where does salicylic come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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