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Vinony

carbonic

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kɑɹˈbɒnɪk/ / /kɑːˈbɒnɪk/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōlbor. French carbonebor. English carbon Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English carbonic From carbon + -ic.

  1. Of or relating to carbon.

    “[I]t sank down through the air and poured over the ground in a manner rather liquid than gaseous, abandoning the hills, and streaming into the valleys and ditches and water-courses even as I have heard the carbonic acid gas that pours from volcanic clefts is wont to do.”