calcimine
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calcimine
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Alteration of kalsomine, after Latin calcis, genitive of calx (“lime”).
noun calcimines · calsomine
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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?
Similar: kalsomine
verb calcimines · calcimining · calcimined · calsomine
- To coat with this substance.
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noun form of whitewash
| Deutsch | Kalkfarbe |
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verb coat with this substance
| Deutsch | kalken, mit Kalkfarbe streichen |
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Talk about this word "calcimine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/calcimine. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. calcimine. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/calcimine "calcimine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/calcimine.Cite this
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title = {calcimine},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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