aniline

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines

Borrowed from German Anilin, coined by German chemist Carl Julius Fritzsche. From Portuguese anil (“indigo”) + -in (“-ine (organic compounds)”).

Obtain specimens of crude petroleum, naphtha, refined oil, aniline dye, paraffine, and carbolic acid; note the properties of each. — Commercial Geography: A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw) Redway
"Do you tell me that Patrine has bleached her splendid hair and stained it with one of those vile dyes that are based on aniline--or Egyptian henna at the best?" — That Which Hath Wings: A Novel of the Day, Richard Dehan
She had never since set foot in his third-floor bedroom, where Little Miss Muffet and Georgy Porgy and the whole regiment of nursery-rhyme characters, attired in the brilliant aniline hues adored of inartistic, frankly-barbaric babyhood, adorned the top of the brown-paper dado, and flourished on the fireplace-tiles. — The Dop Doctor, Richard Dehan

aniline oil, aminobenzine, phenylamine

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