fracid

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adjective

Rotten from being too ripe; overripe.

OriginLatin fracidus ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Proto-Italic *frakēs →
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Meanings

adjectivefracid (comparative more fracid, superlative most fracid)

comparative more fracid · superlative most fracid

  1. obsoleteRotten from being too ripe; overripe.

    the fracid ferment of putrifying Bodies

    1655, Samuel Hartlib, The Reformed Common-wealth of Bees

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰrā́ks
  2. Proto-Italic*θrakēs?
  3. Proto-Italic*frakēs
  4. Latinfracēs
  5. Latinfraceō
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  7. Latinfracidus
  8. Englishfracid

Latin fracidus (“mellow, soft”).

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APA

fracid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fracid

MLA

“fracid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fracid. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fracid,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fracid.

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