English Explanatory Dictionary

sourstuff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Oxygen.

Word forms

sourstuff

Etymology

From sour + stuff. Calque of German Sauerstoff (“oxygen”) and/or Dutch zuurstof (“oxygen”), both loose loan translations of French oxygène. See oxygen for more.

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