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collyriums

collyriums is the plural of collyrium.

Meaning of collyrium

Noun

collyrium (countable and uncountable, plural collyria or collyriums)

  1. A lotion or liquid wash used as a cleanser for the eyes; an eye-salve.
    • Democritus' collyrium is not so sovereign to the eyes as this is to the heart […]1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...
  2. Loosely, any product applied to or around the eyes; kohl.
    • […] there were rings of collyrium about her eyes.1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 44

Questions about collyriums

What is collyriums the plural of?
Collyriums is the plural of collyrium.

Words near collyriums in the dictionary

  1. collyria
  2. Collyridian
  3. Collyridianism
  4. Collyridians
  5. collyrium
  6. collyriums
  7. collywesson
  8. collywest
  9. Collyweston
  10. Collyweston slate
  11. Collyweston slates

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