quartane
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin quartus (“fourth”) + -ane. Each molecule of butane has four carbon atoms.
Noun edit
quartane (uncountable)
Etymology 2 edit
See quartan.
Adjective edit
quartane (not comparable)
- Obsolete spelling of quartan
- 1584, Reginald Scot, The diſcouerie of witchcraft[1], page 58:
- This maketh ſufferance of torments, and (as ſome ſaie) foreſight of things to come, and preſerueth health, as being cold and drie: it maketh men ſubiect to leaneneſſe, and to the quartane ague.
Latin edit
Adjective edit
quārtāne