noun Chemistry. any salt or ester of thionic acid.

What does thionate mean?

: to combine with sulfur or introduce sulfur into (an organic compound) especially in making sulfur dyes.

Is smithereens a real word?

'Smithereens' is an Irish word. It derives from, or is possibly the source of, the modern Irish 'smidirín', which means 'small fragments'. There is a town near Baltimore, close to the south-west coast of Ireland, called Skibbereen. ... 'Smiodar' means fragments in Irish Gaelic.