ceruse
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 10
- Letters
- 6
/sɪˈɹuːs/(UK)
Definition of ceruse
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable, usually)Synonym of white lead, a hydrate of lead mixed with carbonate, particularly as used to whiten skin or in early medicine.
“Galen hath taken exceptions at such waters which run through leaden pipes, ob cerussam quæ in iis generatur, for that unctuous ceruse, which causeth dysenteries and fluxes […].”
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Etymology
From French céruse, from Latin cērusa, variant of cērussa, q.v.
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