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calcimine

noun

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verb

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L331069 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Alteration of kalsomine, after Latin calcis, genitive of calx (“lime”).

  1. A form of whitewash (inexpensive white paint) made from calcium carbonate, glue and water, used to coat wooden or plaster surfaces.

    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?

verb

Etymology: Alteration of kalsomine, after Latin calcis, genitive of calx (“lime”).

  1. To coat with this substance.