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Ancient Greek, related to Hercules.
First known use, by meaning
- from 1870s, out of use by 1900 A picrate compound used as an explosive.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Ancient Greek, related to Hercules.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.