nihil album
Synonym of zinc oxide, particularly white formsSynonym of zinc oxide, particularly white forms.
Meaning
1 senses(obsolete, uncountable)Synonym of zinc oxide, particularly white forms.
Origin
From Medieval Latin nihil album (“white nothing”), from late medieval confusion of GermanFrom Medieval Latin nihil album (“white nothing”), from late medieval confusion of German nichts (“nothing”) and nix with Latin nix (“snow, snow-white thing”), used for white forms of zinc oxide. Doublet of nill.
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Synonyms
2 synonymszinc oxideparticularly white forms
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable