Sūl'pho-vīn'ic, a.

a. [Fr. sulforinique, from Lat. sulfur, sulphur, sulphur, and Lat. vinum, Fr. vin, wine.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sulphuric acid and alcohol or spirits of wine;—said of a certain acid formed by the action of sulphuric acid upon alcohol.