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Webster 1913 Edition


Arsenical

Ar-sen′ic-al

,
Adj.
Of or pertaining to, or containing, arsenic;
as,
arsenical
vapor;
arsenical
wall papers.
Arsenical silver
,
an ore of silver containing arsenic.

Webster 1828 Edition


Arsenical

ARSEN'ICAL

,
Adj.
Belonging to arsenic; consisting of or containing arsenic.

Definition 2024


arsenical

arsenical

See also: arsénical

English

Adjective

arsenical (comparative more arsenical, superlative most arsenical)

  1. Of or pertaining to, or containing, arsenic.

Translations

Noun

arsenical (plural arsenicals)

  1. Any drug or other substance containing arsenic.
    • 1999, Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, translating Paracelsus, Opus Paramirum, in Essential Readings, North Atlantic Books 1999, p. 95:
      Thus Mercury cures the holes which it has provoked and other Arsenicals do likewise.

French

Adjective

arsenical m (feminine singular arsenicale, masculine plural arsenicaux, feminine plural arsenicales)

  1. arsenical

Portuguese

Adjective

arsenical m, f (plural arsenicais, comparable)

  1. arsenical