fracid

English

Etymology

Latin fracidus (“mellow, soft”).

Adjective

fracid (comparative more fracid, superlative most fracid)

(obsolete) Rotten from being too ripe; overripe.
- 1655, Samuel Hartlib, The Reformed Common-wealth of Bees:
  the fracid ferment of putrifying Bodies

References

“fracid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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