calamine

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English

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Etymology

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From French calamine, from Medieval Latin calamīna, from Latin cadmīa, ultimately from Ancient Greek Κᾰδμείᾱ (Kadmeíā), from Κάδμος (Kádmos, Cadmus) + -εια (-eia, -ia: forming related substances). Doublet of cadmia, calaminaris, and lapis calaminaris.

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calamine (usually uncountable, plural calamines)

  1. (inorganic chemistry) Synonym of smithsonite, a pink form of zinc oxide (mainly zinc carbonate ZnCO3) formed as a byproduct of zinc sublimation, now used in skin lotions.
    • 1959, “Poison Ivy”, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (lyrics), performed by The Coasters:
      Poison Ivy, Lord,'ll make you itch
      You're gonna need an ocean
      Of calamine lotion
      You'll be scratchin' like a hound
      The minute you start to mess around
    • 2022, Ling Ma, “Tomorrow”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN:
      For Secret Santa two years before, she had gifted him a bottle of calamine lotion.
  2. (mineralogy) Synonym of hemimorphite, an orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing zinc.

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calamine (third-person singular simple present calamines, present participle calamining, simple past and past participle calamined)

  1. (transitive) To coat or treat with calamine.

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French

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Etymology

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FromMedieval Latin calamīna, from Latin cadmī̆a, ultimately from Ancient Greek Κᾰδμείᾱ (Kadmeíā), from Κάδμος (Kádmos, Cadmus) + -εια (-eia, -ia: forming related substances).

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calamine f (plural calamines)

  1. calamine, form of zinc oxide formed as a byproduct of sublimation
  2. (figuratively) carbon residue formed as a byproduct in two-stroke engines

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  • English: calamine

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calamine f

  1. plural of calamina

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