metachloral

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noun

A white, amorphous, insoluble substance regarded as a polymeric variety of chloral.

OriginEnglish chloral ← Middle English alcofol ← Medieval Latin alcoho →
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Meanings

nounmetachloral (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA white, amorphous, insoluble substance regarded as a polymeric variety of chloral.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*meth₂?
  3. Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
  4. Ancient Greekμετᾰ- (metă-)
  5. Englishmeta-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰelh₃-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰl̥h₃rós
  8. Proto-Hellenic*kʰlōrós
  9. Ancient Greekχλωρός (khlōrós)
  10. Englishchlorine
  11. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  12. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  13. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  14. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  15. Medieval Latinalcoho
  16. Middle Englishalcofol
  17. Englishalcohol
  18. Englishchloral
  19. Englishmetachloral

From meta- + chloral.

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APA

metachloral. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metachloral

MLA

“metachloral.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metachloral. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metachloral,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metachloral.

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