AMMONIAC


Meaning of AMMONIAC in English

/euh moh"nee ak'/ , n.

1. Also, ammoniacum /am'euh nuy"euh keuhm/ . See gum ammoniac .

adj.

2. ammoniacal.

[ 1375-1425; late ME armoniac, ammoniak ammoniacum ammoniakón (neut. of ammoniakós of AMMON; see -I-, -AC), applied to a salt and a gum resin prepared near the Shrine of Ammon in Libya ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .