thymotic, a. Chem.
(θaɪˈmɒtɪk)
[Arbitrarily f. Gr. θύµο-ν thyme, or thymol + -ic.]
Of, pertaining to, or derived from thymol. thymotic acid, C11H14O3, a white, loosely coherent, crystalline solid, having a silky lustre, prepared from thymol. Also thymotic alcohol, C11H16O2; thymotic aldehyde, C11H14O2. Hence ˈthymotate, a salt of thymotic acid; ˈthymotide, C11H12O2.
| 1868 Watts Dict. Chem. V. 796 Thymotic acid heated with caustic baryta is resolved into thymol and carbonic anhydride... The thymotates of the alkali-metals are soluble in water. 1873 ― Fownes' Chem. (ed. 11) 824 Thymotic and Thymol-carbonic Acids are produced by the action of sodium and carbon-dioxide on thymol. |