fracid

English

Etymology

Latin fracidus (“mellow, soft”).

Adjective

fracid (comparative more fracid, superlative most fracid)

1. (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.