"prussic" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Latin prussicus (“Prussian”) or French prussique. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|prussicus|t=Prussian}} Latin prussicus (“Prussian”), {{der|en|fr|prussique}} French prussique Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} prussic (not comparable)
  1. derived from Prussian blue Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-prussic-en-adj-QfLT1DYj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 56 44
  2. of, or derived from prussic acid; hydrocyanic Tags: not-comparable Translations (derived from prussic acid — see also hydrocyanic): prússic (Catalan), prussique [archaic] (French), prússico (Portuguese), prúsico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-prussic-en-adj-y1PpC5J0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 43 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of 'derived from prussic acid — see also hydrocyanic': 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ferriprussic, ferroprussic
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          "sense": "derived from prussic acid — see also hydrocyanic",
          "word": "prúsico"
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