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Word: Arsenic
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (denoting yellow orpiment, arsenic sulphide): via Old French from Latin arsenicum, from Greek arsenikon ‘yellow orpiment’, identified with arsenikos ‘male’, but in fact from Arabic al-zarnīḵ ‘the orpiment’, based on Persian zar ‘gold’
ˈɑːs(ə)nɪk
the chemical element of atomic number 33, a brittle steel-grey metalloid.
Short Definition:chemical element of atomic number 33
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Word: Arsenic
Speech Type: Adjective
ɑːˈsɛnɪk
relating to arsenic.
Short Definition:relating to arsenic
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