xanthic acid

1. 1.

   any of a class of unstable organic acids containing sulphur

   Broaderacid

Questions about xanthic acid

What does xanthic acid mean?

xanthic acid means "any of a class of unstable organic acids containing sulphur".

Is xanthic acid a common word?

xanthic acid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.