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ammoniac

[ uh-moh-nee-ak ]

noun

  1. Also ··Ծ··ܳ [] gum ammoniac.


adjective

ammoniac

1

/ əˈəʊɪˌæ /

adjective

  1. a variant of ammoniacal
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

ammoniac

2

/ əˈəʊɪˌæ /

noun

  1. a strong-smelling gum resin obtained from the stems of the N Asian umbelliferous plant Dorema ammoniacum and formerly used as an expectorant, stimulant, perfume, and in porcelain cement Also calledgum ammoniac
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of ammoniac1

1375–1425; late Middle English armoniac, ammoniak < Latin ōԾܳ < Greek ōԾó (neuter of ōԾó of Ammon; -i-, -ac ), applied to a salt and a gum resin prepared near the Shrine of Ammon in Libya
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of ammoniac1

C14: from Latin ōԾܳ, from Greek ōԾDz belonging to Ammon (apparently the gum resin was extracted from plants found in Libya near the temple of Ammon)
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Though he emitted a faint, ammoniac odor of sweat and Scotch he did not look at all drunk.

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Ah, yes, certainly she would go at once—her case was not locked—and she would take with her some sal ammoniac.

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Tiring of field and flock, in 1768 he moved to Edinburgh, where he founded a successful business producing sal ammoniac from coal soot, and busied himself with various scientific pursuits.

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This is pretty much what Arsenal’s back three seem like: confused, fumbling, spreading across the chest like a hot, sweet flush of ammoniac regret.

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While Galileo captured stunning surface images of swirling ammoniac storms, Juno’s mission is to peek beneath the gaseous veil to see inside Jupiter.

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