Word of the Day 12/14/24 Calcimine

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Calcimine (noun, verb)
calcimine or kal·so·mine [ kal-suh-mahyn, -min ]

noun
1. a white or tinted wash for walls, ceilings, etc.

verb (used with object), calcimined, calcimining.
2. to wash or cover with calcimine.

Other Words From
cal ci·min er noun

Origin: First recorded in 1860–65; calci- + (kalso)mine

Example Sentences
“He’s always getting paint and calcimine all over his clothes,” said Bill.
From Literature

All that happened down there was an occasional shower of calcimine.
From Literature

The desks had been taken up and placed along the four walls, seats outward, tops forming a ledge against the calcimined stones, making a splendid place for those youngest children who had turned out!
From Project Gutenberg

The paint and calcimine tint suited me, of course.
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Thrown across the end of the bed, the shawl she had danced in, blazing with gay color, cast the reflection of its carmines and yellows on the calcimined wall.
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