calcimine

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Etymology

Alteration of kalsomine, after Latin calcis, genitive of calx (lime).

Noun

calcimine (countable and uncountable, plural calcimines)

  1. A form of whitewash (inexpensive white paint) made from calcium carbonate, glue and water, used to coat wooden or plaster surfaces.
    • 1983 August 6, Stephanie St. John, “Advice Needed”, in Gay Community News, page 18:
      If a ceiling is peeling (from using the wrong paint over calcimine, probably; it's an old house), how do you remove all the paint down to the plaster all over the ceiling?

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calcimine (third-person singular simple present calcimines, present participle calcimining, simple past and past participle calcimined)

  1. To coat with this substance.

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