Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mellitic \Mel*lit"ic\, a. [Cf. F. mellitique. See {Mellite}.]
   (Chem.)
   (a) Containing saccharine matter; marked by saccharine
       secretions; as, mellitic diabetes.
   (b) Pertaining to, or derived from, the mineral mellite.

   {Mellitic acid} (Chem.), a white, crystalline, organic
      substance, {C6(CO2H)6}, occurring naturally in combination
      with aluminium in the mineral mellite, and produced
      artificially by the oxidation of coal, graphite, etc., and
      hence called also {graphitic acid}.