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tannin

Pronunciation: /ˈtænɪn/

The English word “tannin” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Tannic acid or any of its derivatives.
  2. An evil sea monster in Canaanite and Hebrew mythology.

Etymology

From French tannin, from Latin tannum (“oak bark”), from Gaulish *tannos (“oak”). Related to tan. By surface analysis, tann- + -in.

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