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ceruse

UK/sɪˈɹuːs/

ceruse noun: synonym of white lead, a hydrate of lead mixed with carbonate, particularly as used to whiten skin or in early medicine.

Noun

ceruse (usually uncountable, plural ceruses)

  1. (usually) Synonym of white lead, a hydrate of lead mixed with carbonate, particularly as used to whiten skin or in early medicine.
    • Galen hath taken exceptions at such waters which run through leaden pipes, ob cerussam quæ in iis generatur, for that unctuous ceruse, which causeth dysenteries and fluxes […]., II.ii.1.1
    Synonyms:
    white lead

ceruse meaning in Tamil and Bengali

ceruse in Tamil

முத்துவெள்ளை

ceruse in Bengali

ceruse, white lead
সফেদ śophed

Synonyms of ceruse

Forms of ceruse

pluralceruses

Origin of ceruse

From French céruse, from Latin cērusa, variant of cērussa, q.v.

Words formed from ceruse

Words that rhyme with ceruse

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Questions about ceruse

What does ceruse mean?
Ceruse means synonym of white lead, a hydrate of lead mixed with carbonate, particularly as used to whiten skin or in early medicine.
What is ceruse in Tamil?
Ceruse in Tamil is முத்துவெள்ளை. See Ceruse meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ceruse?
Ceruse is a noun.
How do you pronounce ceruse?
Ceruse is pronounced /sɪˈɹuːs/ (UK).
What is the plural of ceruse?
The plural of ceruse is ceruses.

Words near ceruse in the dictionary

  1. ceruminoma
  2. ceruminomas
  3. ceruminomata
  4. ceruminosis
  5. ceruminous
  6. ceruse
  7. cerused
  8. ceruses
  9. cerusite
  10. cerusites
  11. cerusse

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ceruse (page history and authors); ceruse (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); সফেদ (Bengali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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