cupride

Etymology

From cupr- + -ide.

cupride means A compound that contains copper in a +1 oxidation state. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 100 out of 100.

noun

A compound that contains copper in a +1 oxidation state.“In the cupride of ammonium ( if we may so call the solvent here first spoken of ) we seem to have the solvent of silk which we lately desiderated in our remarks on the insulation of submarine telegraph wires.”