capricadj.
/ˈkaprɪk/, U.S. /ˈkæprɪk/ 1. Of or belonging to a goat.Apparently an isolated use.
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1881 Academy No. 491. 252 Capric and porcine flesh.
2. Chemistry.
a. capric acid n. (C10H20O2), a fatty acid obtained from butter, cocoa-nut oil, fusel oil, etc.: a colourless crystalline body, having a slight odour of the goat. Otherwise known as rutic acid, the name preferred by various chemists, who would apply capric to what is otherwise called caprylic. (Formerly sometimes caprinic acid).
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1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 273/1 Capric acid crystallizes in small needles.
1853 F. Hall in Ledlie's Misc. II. 183 The odour in question..may possibly be influenced by the formation of capric acid, a much more pungent substance than the caproic acid of the fair subject.
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b. capric series n. the series of chemical compounds allied to capric acid, as capric aldehyde, etc.
Derivatives
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ˈcapramide n. Chemistry the primary amide of capric acid (formerly called ˈcaprinaˌmide).
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ˈcaprone n. Chemistry the ketone of the capric series.
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