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ceruse

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See also: céruse

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Etymology

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

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ceruse (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of white lead, a hydrate of lead mixed with carbonate, particularly as used to whiten skin or in early medicine.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: [], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: [] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
      , II.ii.1.1:
      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 […].

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ceruse

  1. third-person singular pluperfect indicative of cere