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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
a·ce·tic       [uh-see-tik, uh-set-ik] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
pertaining to, derived from, or producing vinegar or acetic acid.
[Origin: 1800–10; acet- + -ic]
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a·ce·tic       (ə-sē'tĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Of, relating to, or containing acetic acid or vinegar.


[From Latin acētum, vinegar; see acetum.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
acetic 
1808, from Fr. acétique "pertaining to vinegar," from L. acetum "vinegar" (properly vinum acetum "wine turned sour;" see vinegar), originally pp. of acere "be sour," related to acer "sharp" (see acrid).

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acetic

adjective
relating to or containing acetic acid 

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acetic       (ə-sē'tĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
Relating to or containing acetic acid or vinegar.

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Acetic

A*ce"tic\ (#; 277), a. [L. acetum vinegar, fr. acere to be sour.] (Chem.) (a) Of a pertaining to vinegar; producing vinegar; producing vinegar; as, acetic fermentation. (b) Pertaining to, containing, or derived from, acetyl, as acetic ether, acetic acid. The latter is the acid to which the sour taste of vinegar is due.

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