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cerotic

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ce⋅rot⋅ic

[si-rot-ik, -roh-tik]
–adjective
of or derived from cerotic acid.

Origin:
1840–50; < L cērōt(um) wax salve (< Gk kērōtón, n. use of neut. of kērōtós waxed, v. adj. of kēroûn to wax, v. deriv. of kērós wax) + -ic
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