a. Chem. Also -indilic. [ad. F. sulfindylique (Dumas, 1836): see SULPH-, IND(IGO), -YL(E), -IC.] Old synonym of SULPHINDIGOTIC. Hence Sulphindylate, a salt of sulphindylic acid.
1838. T. Thomson, Chem. Org. Bodies, 378. M. Dumas has lately examined this solution of indigo in sulphuric acid and has given it the name of sulphindilic acid. Ibid The sulphindilate of barytes.
1857. Miller, Elem. Chem., Org., viii. 530. [see prec.]. Ibid. Sulphindylate of ammonia.