yperite

See also: Yperite and ypérite

English

Etymology

From the French ypérite.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ēʹpərīt, IPA^(key): /ˈiːpəɹaɪt/

Noun

yperite (countable and uncountable, plural yperites)

1. Synonym of mustard gas
   • 2012, F.W. Holm, Mobile Alternative Demilitarization Technologies, page 217:

     In the pre-war years the production of yperite was prepared at 6 plants in Moscow, Chapaevsk, Stalingrad, Dzerzhinsk, Berezniki and Stalinogorsk.

Derived terms

• yperitic

References

• “yperite” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]