calamine en · NOUN
Etymology
From French calamine, from Medieval Latin calamīna, from Latin cadmīa, ultimately from Ancient Greek Κᾰδμείᾱ (Kădmeíā), from Κάδμος (Kádmos, “Cadmus”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming related substances”). Doublet of cadmia, calaminaris, and lapis calaminaris.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) Synonym of smithsonite, a pink form of zinc oxide (mainly zinc carbonate ZnCO₃) formed as a byproduct of zinc sublimation, now used in skin lotions.
Poison Ivy, Lord,'ll make you itch You're gonna need an ocean Of calamine lotion You'll be scratchin' like a hound The minute you start to mess around
1959, “Poison Ivy”, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (lyrics), performed by The Coasters:For Secret Santa two years before, she had gifted him a bottle of calamine lotion.
2022, Ling Ma, “Tomorrow”, in Bliss Montage, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN:
- (uncountable, usually) Synonym of hemimorphite, an orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing zinc.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| calamines | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
smithsonite · calaminaris (pink form of zinc oxide) · lapis calaminaris (pink form of zinc oxide) · hemimorphite
Translations (14)
de carbonatischer Galmei (pink form of zinc oxide) · ca calamina (pink form of zinc oxide) · es caramilla (pink form of zinc oxide) · la calamina (pink form of zinc oxide) · la lapis calaminaris (pink form of zinc oxide) · la cadmia (pink form of zinc oxide) · es calamina (pink form of zinc oxide) · de Calamine (pink form of zinc oxide) · it calamina (pink form of zinc oxide) · la calaminaris (pink form of zinc oxide) · de mit Eisenoxid eingefärbtes Zinkoxidpulver (pink form of zinc oxide) · grc Καδμεία (pink form of zinc oxide) · fr calamine (pink form of zinc oxide) · de Calamin (pink form of zinc oxide)