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English
Etymology 1
From Latin quartus (“fourth”) + -ane. Each molecule of butane has four carbon atoms.
Noun
quartane (uncountable)
- (organic chemistry, obsolete) butane
Etymology 2
See quartan.
Adjective
quartane (not comparable)
- Obsolete spelling of quartan.
1584, Reginald Scot, The diſcouerie of witchcraft, page 58:This maketh ſufferance of torments, and (as ſome ſaie) foreſight of things to come, and preſerueth health, as being cold and drie: it maketh men ſubiect to leaneneſſe, and to the quartane ague.
Latin
Adjective
quārtāne
- vocative masculine singular of quārtānus