calcimine
9.9
A thin paint made with water used to whiten walls and ceilings
- noun
- /ˈkæl.sɪ.maɪn/
- Archaic
:
calcimina
- After applying the calcimine, the ceiling looked clean and new.
Examples
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The painter used calcimine to give the walls a fresh, bright appearance.
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She spread her wings in the rising flock of calcimine dust, in the woody air laden with once-living splinter aloft.
Fiction book (1991) -
To lighten the room, she chose a pale blue calcimine for the walls.
Synonyms
whitewash
vscalcimine
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3.3
A thin white paint made from lime and water for walls
contains zinc oxide, glue, and pigments and can be colored
Surface Forms
calcimine singular
calcimines plural
Etymology
Calcimine comes from the Latin word calx ('lime'), the same root as calcium. It first meant a lime-based 'whitewash' for walls, so today a calcimine is a thin, water-based paint used to cover walls and ceilings.