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nihil album

nihil album noun: synonym of zinc oxide, particularly white forms.

Noun

nihil album (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of zinc oxide, particularly white forms.
    Synonyms:
    zinc oxide, particularly white forms

Synonyms of nihil album

Origin of nihil album

From 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.

Questions about nihil album

What does nihil album mean?
Nihil album means synonym of zinc oxide, particularly white forms.
What part of speech is nihil album?
Nihil album is a noun.

Words near nihil album in the dictionary

  1. nihari
  2. Niharika
  3. Nihart
  4. Niharts
  5. nihil
  6. nihil album
  7. nihil debet
  8. nihil dicit
  9. nihil dicits
  10. nihil obstat
  11. nihil obstats

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