palladic

American

[puh-lad-ik, -ley-dik] / pəˈlæd ɪk, -ˈleɪ dɪk /

adjective

Chemistry.

of or containing palladium, Palladium, especially in the tetravalent state.

palladic British

/ -ˈleɪ-, pəˈlædɪk /

adjective

of or containing palladium in the trivalent or tetravalent state

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Etymology

Origin of palladic

First recorded in 1855–60; pallad(ium) + -ic

Example Sentences

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Finally, they agree in connecting him with the foundation of the New and Reformed Palladium through his alleged disciple Phileas Walder; and one of them goes so far as to say that Palladism was a further development or restoration of a Satanic society directed by Éliphas Lévi and operating his theurgic system, which he in turn, if I rightly understand the mixed hypothesis of M. de la Rive, may have derived from the Palladic rite of 1730.

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Here it will suffice to say shortly that A Midsummer-Night's Dream, first published in 1600, must have been acted before or during 1598, as it is definitely mentioned in Mores' Palladic Tamia of that year.

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