arsenical
/ɑːˈsɛnɪkl̩/adjective, noun
arsenical is an adjective meaning “Of or pertaining to, or containing, arsenic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-R-S-E-N-I-C-A-L, and it appears about once in every 35 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does arsenical mean?
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to, or containing, arsenic.
noun
- 1
Any drug or other substance containing arsenic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce arsenical?
- UK /ɑːˈsɛnɪkl̩/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of arsenical
- more arsenical comparative
- most arsenical superlative
- arsenicals plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is arsenical?
Arsenical appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 182,517th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Arsenical in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pertaining to or containing arsenic:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.