Definition of BUTYRIC

butyric

Adjective

  • Pertaining to or derived from butyric acid, found in butter.
  • relating to or producing butyric acid

Adj

  • Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of butter
  • Of, pertaining to, or derived from butyric acid or any of the isomeric univalent radicals of formula C₃H₇CO₂-

Examples

  • The smell of victory was as BUTYRIC as fermented butter.

Origin / Etymology

From -ic and French butyrique, -ique suffixed to Latin būtȳrum, or from the Latin or butyro- + -ic. Piecewise doublet of buttery, butter ultimately being from the Latin and -y being a doublet of -ic.

Scrabble Score: 14

butyric: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
butyric: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
butyric: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

butyric: valid Words With Friends Word