(obsolete, medicine) Treatment with tartar emetic, especially as a treatment for syphilis.

Of, pertaining to, or derived from tartar.

tartarated

Treated or mixed with tartaric acid or a tartrate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tartarize

present participle of tartarize

(chemistry, transitive) To impregnate with, or subject to the action of, tartar.

Consisting of tartar; of the nature of tartar. / (botany) Having a rough, crumbly surface.

Of or relating to Tartary or the Tartars; Tartarian.

Alternative spelling of Tatar / A member of the various tribes and their descendants of Tartary, such as Turks, Mongols and Manchus. / (figuratively, dated) A person of a keen, irritable temper.