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The Meaning of acetic

  • (a.) Of a pertaining to vinegar; producing vinegar; producing vinegar; as, acetic fermentation.
  • (a.) Pertaining to, containing, or derived from, acetyl, as acetic ether, acetic acid. The latter is the acid to which the sour taste of vinegar is due.

Homophones

ascetic

Rhymes

aesthetic , alphabetic , anesthetic , apathetic , apologetic , arithmetic , ascetic , athletic , bionetic , cosmetic , cretic , diabetic , diamagnetic , dietetic , diuretic , electromagnetic , emetic , empathetic , energetic , epigenetic , esthetic , ferromagnetic , frenetic , genetic , geomagnetic , hettick , homiletic , intermagnetic , kinesthetic , kinetic , lettic , magnetic , metic , paramagnetic , parasympathetic , parthenogenetic , pathetic , peripatetic , phonetic , poetic , prophetic , rhetic , sympathetic , synthetic , thetic , unapologetic