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Sade, Marquis de (oh) and picryl (medicine)


Sade, Marquis de (oh)



(1740-1814) a French writer who was put in prison for his violent sexual actions. He wrote novels and plays about the sexual pleasure he got from hurting Other people, and sadism, the word for this type of sexual pleasure, is based on his name.

picryl (medicine)


picryl
<chemistry> The hypothetical radical of picric acid, analogous to phenyl.

Origin: Picric + -yl.

Source: Websters Dictionary