sulphite

CEFRB2

/ˈsʌlfaɪt/

noun

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In plain English

01
noun
A chemical compound containing sulfur and oxygen in a lower form.
02
noun
Extra detail
A person who is spontaneous and original in thought and conversation.

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At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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In context

The researcher analyzed the level of sulphite in the water.
A sulphite is a person who does his own thinking, he is a person who has surprises up his sleeve. He is explosive.
"I don't know," Anna answered in the slow tone of one who is weight many things, "what Ruth will do. She's a sulphite you know."

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The word in print, with each source given in full.

A sulphite is a person who does his own thinking, he is a person who has surprises up his sleeve. He is explosive.
1906, Gelett Burgess, Are You a Bromide?
Some years ago when the engraving business was just getting a foothold in Chicago and Jones was busily engaged in helping said business gain said foothold, he was known as Charles Engraving Jones. This is a fair sample of his methods. You need not expect anything bromidic from Jones; he is a sulphite.
1908, Arthur F. Sheldon, About Smith, Whose Name is Jones, page 837
"I don't know," Anna answered in the slow tone of one who is weight many things, "what Ruth will do. She's a sulphite you know."
1922 May 26, Inez Haynes Irwin, “Hester”, in The Metropolitan, volume 55, page 18

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