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rhodizonic (medicine)


rhodizonic
<chemistry> Pertaining to, or designating, a colourless crystalline substance (called rhodizonic acid, and carboxylic acid) obtained from potassium carboxide and from certain quinones. It forms brilliant red, yellow, and purple salts.

Origin: Gr. To be rose-red.

Source: Websters Dictionary


crony (iou)



crony noun & verb. Also chrony. M17.
[from Greek khronios long-lasting, long-continued, from khronos time. Orig. university slang, the Greek word being perverted to the sense 'contemporary'.]
A. noun. An intimate friend or associate. M17.
Arnold Bennett The two were regular cronies for about a couple of months. E. Heath The beer cellar where Hitler and his cronies had first met.
b. verb intrans. Associate (with) as a crony. E19.
cronyism noun friendship, fondness for the company of cronies; US the appointment of friends to political posts without due regard to their qualifications: M19.