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Etymology 1

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From Medieval Latin borax (genitive boracis), itself via Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq), from Persian بوره (bura).

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boracic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or impregnated with borax.
  2. (dated, inorganic chemistry) Synonym of boric.
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Etymology 2

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Shortened from boracic lint (skint).

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boracic (comparative more boracic, superlative most boracic)

  1. (Cockney rhyming slang) penniless
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  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

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