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mesdemet

mesdemet noun: a pigment made from stibnite and/or galena, once used in Egypt as an eye cosmetic.

Noun

mesdemet (uncountable)

  1. A pigment made from stibnite and/or galena, once used in Egypt as an eye cosmetic.

Origin of mesdemet

Borrowed from Egyptian msdmt, where the vowels are uncertain; they are added on the basis of the conventional Egyptological pronunciation. Compare Coptic ⲥⲧⲏⲙ (stēm).

Questions about mesdemet

What does mesdemet mean?
Mesdemet means a pigment made from stibnite and/or galena, once used in Egypt as an eye cosmetic.
What part of speech is mesdemet?
Mesdemet is a noun.

Words near mesdemet in the dictionary

  1. mesclun
  2. mescluns
  3. Mescudi
  4. Mescudis
  5. mesdames
  6. mesdemet
  7. mesdemoiselles
  8. mese
  9. meseclazone
  10. mesectoderm
  11. mesectodermal

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