1. electro-negative - Noun
2. electro-negative - Adjective
Having the property of being attracted by an electro-positive body, or a tendency to pass to the positive pole in electrolysis, by the law that opposite electricities attract each other.
Negative; nonmetallic; acid; -- opposed to positive, metallic, or basic.
A body which passes to the positive pole in electrolysis.
Source: Webster's dictionary