† chloˈraren.Obsolete a name proposed by Mansfield, along with analogous forms in -ere, -ire, -ore, -ure, for a compound of chlorine with 1, 2, 3, etc. atoms of oxygen.
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1865 C. B. MansfieldTheory of Salts 143 In Hypochlorous Acid, Cl O (Chlorare).
1865 C. B. MansfieldTheory of Salts 143 ‘Chlorous Acid,’ Cl O3 (Chlorire).