tartaric

American  

[tahr-tar-ik, -tahr-] / tɑrˈtær ɪk, -ˈtɑr- /

adjective

1. pertaining to or derived from tartar.

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Tartaric ¹ British  

/ tɑːˈtærɪk /

adjective

1. a variant spelling of Tataric See Tatarian

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tartaric ² British  

/ tɑːˈtærɪk /

adjective

1. of, concerned with, containing, or derived from tartar or tartaric acid

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Other Word Forms

• antitartaric adjective

Etymology

Origin of tartaric

First recorded in 1780–90; tartar + -ic

Example Sentences

If eaten, the tartaric acid in grapes or raisins may cause acute kidney disease.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2022

William Astbury, J. D. Bernal and Kathleen Lonsdale worked at the Royal Institution in London under physicist and Nobel laureate William Henry Bragg, studying small molecules such as tartaric acid.

From Nature • Apr. 15, 2019

Actually it's hard to imagine too much acid in a Riesling . . . the more the merrier, as long as it's all tartaric.

From New York Times • May 3, 2018

In the latest excavation, the archaeologists skipped the chemical scrub. This allowed researchers to extract four organic compounds present in the potsherds: citric acid, malic acid, succinic acid and tartaric acid.

From Washington Post • Nov. 13, 2017

For the difficult breathing, with rattling in the chest and bronchial tubes, with distressing cough, antimonium tartaric.,

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