This week’s theme
Words from chemistry

This week’s words
osmosis
solvent
caustic
bromidic
miscible

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A.Word.A.Day

PRONUNCIATION:

(broh-MID-ik)

MEANING:

adjective: Commonplace; trite.

ETYMOLOGY:

From the former use of bromide compounds as sedatives. Bromine got its name from the Greek bromos (stench) due to its strong smell. Earliest documented use: 1906.

USAGE:

“Did you get bored with my bromidic lectures?”
Tushar Sen; Pandora’s Box; Frog Books; 2015.

See more usage examples of bromidic in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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