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quartane

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Latin quartus (fourth) +‎ -ane. Each molecule of butane has four carbon atoms.

Noun

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quartane (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry, obsolete) butane

Etymology 2

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See quartan.

Adjective

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quartane (not comparable)

  1. Obsolete spelling of quartan.
    • 1584, Reginald Scot, The diſcouerie of witchcraft[1], page 58:
      This maketh ſufferance of torments, and (as ſome ſaie) foreſight of things to come, and preſerueth health, as being cold and drie: it maketh men ſubiect to leaneneſſe, and to the quartane ague.

Latin

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Adjective

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quārtāne

  1. vocative masculine singular of quārtānus