of or containing antimony in the pentavalent state
antimonic in American English
(ˌæntɪˈmɑnɪk; ˌæntɪˈmoʊnɪk)
adjective
1.
of or containing antimony
2.
of or containing pentavalent antimony
antimonic in American English
(ˌæntəˈmounɪk, -ˈmɑnɪk)
adjective
Chemistry
of or containing antimony, esp. in the pentavalent state
Word origin
[1825–35; antimon(y) + -ic]This word is first recorded in the period 1825–35. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: archaic, breakdown, cross section, relativity, self-help-ic is a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally inGreek and Latin loanwords (metallic; poetic; archaic; public) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses“having some characteristics of” (opposed to the simple attributive use of the basenoun) (balletic; sophomoric); “in the style of” (Byronic; Miltonic); “pertaining to a family of peoples or languages” (Finnic; Semitic; Turkic)