Chem. Also -yle. [f. VALER-IAN + -YL.] ‘The radicle of valeric acid and its derivatives’ (Watts).
1852. W. Gregory, Handbk. Org. Chem. (ed. 3), 236. Hydrated oxide of valeryle. Ibid., 237. The compounds of amyle and valeryle.
1868. Watts, Dict. Chem., V. 981. The bromide, chloride, &c. of valeryl.
