picric

From French picrique, from Ancient Greek πικρός (pikrós, “bitter”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪkɹɪk/

picric (comparative more picric, superlative most picric)

1. Designating a type of bitter yellow acid.
   • 1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter IX, in The Understanding Heart:

     Baldy had not moved since lying down, and his regular and somewhat sterterous breathing […] told Monica that he was alive and resting comfortably. “A week of rest and good care and some picric acid on your burns will put you right, Baldy,” Monica told him.

   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 593:

     “Something in the picric family might do nicely,” Fatou went on, deploying maps and diagrams about the tiny room.

• picric acid

Borrowed from French picrique.

picric m or n (feminine singular picrică, masculine plural picrici, feminine and neuter plural picrice)

1. picric