boracic

From Medieval Latin borax (genitive boracis), itself via Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq), from Persian بوره (bura).

boracic (not comparable)

1. Relating to, or impregnated with borax.
2. (dated, inorganic chemistry) Synonym of boric.

• boracic acid
• boracic lint
• boracite

Shortened from boracic lint (“skint”).

• brassic, brassick

boracic (comparative more boracic, superlative most boracic)

1. (Cockney rhyming slang) penniless

• broke
• skint (British)
• See also Thesaurus:impoverished

• “boracic” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.

• braccio