stibium
Kohl: stibnite used in ancient Egypt and Rome for eye cosmeticsKohl: stibnite used in ancient Egypt and Rome for eye cosmetics.
/ˈstɪbi.əm/
Meaning
2 senses(uncountable)Kohl: stibnite used in ancient Egypt and Rome for eye cosmetics.
(obsolete, rare, uncountable)Antimony
2019 Dec 12, Subramanyan & Aravindan, 'Stibium: A Promising Electrode toward Building High-Performance Na-Ion Full-Cells', Chem, volume 5, issue 12.
Origin
From Latin stibium (“antimony”), which was imported from Ancient Greek στίβι (stíbi), a vaFrom Latin stibium (“antimony”), which was imported from Ancient Greek στίβι (stíbi), a variant of στίμμι (stímmi), itself originating from Egyptian s-d-m-N33C:Z2ss (sdm).
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Word family
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