prussicadj.

Brit.

/ˈprʌsɪk/, U.S.

/ˈprəsɪk/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French prussique, acide prussique.

Etymology: < French prussique (in acide prussique: L. B. Guyton de Morveau et al. Méthode de nomencl. chim. (1787) 151) < Prusse Prussia (see pruce adj.) + -ique -ic suffix. Compare slightly earlier Prussian acid n. at Prussian n. and adj. Compounds.

Chemistry.

Of, relating to, or derived from Prussian blue. Chiefly and now only in prussic acid n. at Compounds.

ΚΠ

1788 J. St. John tr. L. B. Guyton de Morveau et al. Method Chym. Nomencl. 58 Prussic radical.

1803 F. Accum Syst. Theoret. & Pract. Chem II. liii. 156 Prussic alcali [occasioned] a Prussian blue.

1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 31 Hemlock for my sherbet cull me, And the prussic juice to lull me.

Compounds

prussic acid n. = hydrogen cyanide n. at hydrogen n. Compounds 1b(b); (also figurative) poisonous, unpleasant.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > poisonous chemicals

mercury sublimy?1540

sublimate1543

sublimatum1558

sublimy1558

mercury sublimate1562

corrosive sublimate1664

sweet sublimate1664

supplement1769

Prussian acid1783

oxalic acid1788

prussic acid1788

cyanide1815

cyanuret1827

nitrobenzide1835

nitrobenzol1848

pyridine1851

nitrobenzene1852

isonitrile1871

iso-cyanide1877

the world > matter > chemistry > chemical substances > acids > [noun] > acids-named > containing cyanide > others

prussic acid1788

thiocyanic acid1877

hydroferrocyanic acid-

1788 J. St. John tr. L. B. Guyton de Morveau et al. Method Chym. Nomencl. 73 (table) [New names] Prussic acid. [Ancient names] Coloring matter of Prussian blue.

1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. II. 355 Scheele has shewn that the red oxide of mercury takes the colouring matter from Prussian blue; and this property is employed for obtaining Prussic acid.

1852 S. Clappe Let. 20 Sept. in Shirley Lett. (1998) 24 F— looked shocked, and his partner looked prussic acid.

1927 D. H. Lawrence Mornings in Mexico 12 Such a suave, prussic-acid sarcasm.

1955 B. C. L. Kemp Elem. Org. Chem. (new ed.) ix. 136 The cyanide or nitrile corresponding to formic acid is hydrocyanic or prussic acid HCN.

1989 R. Alter Pleasures of Reading v. 169 She rushes back to the hotel in a fit of despair, and swallows the prussic acid contained in the phial.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prussic
释义	prussicadj. Brit. /ˈprʌsɪk/, U.S. /ˈprəsɪk/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French prussique, acide prussique. Etymology: < French prussique (in acide prussique: L. B. Guyton de Morveau et al. Méthode de nomencl. chim. (1787) 151) < Prusse Prussia (see pruce adj.) + -ique -ic suffix. Compare slightly earlier Prussian acid n. at Prussian n. and adj. Compounds. Chemistry. Of, relating to, or derived from Prussian blue. Chiefly and now only in prussic acid n. at Compounds. ΚΠ 1788 J. St. John tr. L. B. Guyton de Morveau et al. Method Chym. Nomencl. 58 Prussic radical. 1803 F. Accum Syst. Theoret. & Pract. Chem II. liii. 156 Prussic alcali [occasioned] a Prussian blue. 1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 31 Hemlock for my sherbet cull me, And the prussic juice to lull me. Compounds prussic acid n. = hydrogen cyanide n. at hydrogen n. Compounds 1b(b); (also figurative) poisonous, unpleasant. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > poisonous chemicals mercury sublimy?1540 sublimate1543 sublimatum1558 sublimy1558 mercury sublimate1562 corrosive sublimate1664 sweet sublimate1664 supplement1769 Prussian acid1783 oxalic acid1788 prussic acid1788 cyanide1815 cyanuret1827 nitrobenzide1835 nitrobenzol1848 pyridine1851 nitrobenzene1852 isonitrile1871 iso-cyanide1877 the world > matter > chemistry > chemical substances > acids > [noun] > acids-named > containing cyanide > others prussic acid1788 thiocyanic acid1877 hydroferrocyanic acid- 1788 J. St. John tr. L. B. Guyton de Morveau et al. Method Chym. Nomencl. 73 (table) [New names] Prussic acid. [Ancient names] Coloring matter of Prussian blue. 1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. II. 355 Scheele has shewn that the red oxide of mercury takes the colouring matter from Prussian blue; and this property is employed for obtaining Prussic acid. 1852 S. Clappe Let. 20 Sept. in Shirley Lett. (1998) 24 F— looked shocked, and his partner looked prussic acid. 1927 D. H. Lawrence Mornings in Mexico 12 Such a suave, prussic-acid sarcasm. 1955 B. C. L. Kemp Elem. Org. Chem. (new ed.) ix. 136 The cyanide or nitrile corresponding to formic acid is hydrocyanic or prussic acid HCN. 1989 R. Alter Pleasures of Reading v. 169 She rushes back to the hotel in a fit of despair, and swallows the prussic acid contained in the phial. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1788
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