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Peligot's blue

Peligot's blue proper noun: a blue pigment made from silica with copper oxide, lime and soda.

Proper noun

Peligot's blue

  1. A blue pigment made from silica with copper oxide, lime and soda.

Origin of Peligot's blue

After its inventor, whose surname, originating in the Auvergnat linguistic area, is tentatively connected with Occitan pelegant (“beggar”)

Questions about Peligot's blue

What does Peligot's blue mean?
Peligot's blue means a blue pigment made from silica with copper oxide, lime and soda.
What part of speech is Peligot's blue?
Peligot's blue is a proper noun.

Words near Peligot's blue in the dictionary

  1. Pelides
  2. pelidnoma
  3. Peligni
  4. Pelignian
  5. Pelignians
  6. Peligot's blue
  7. Peligran
  8. pelikae
  9. pelikai
  10. Pelikan
  11. pelike

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