nihil album

English

Etymology

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.

Noun

nihil album (uncountable)

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

References

• “nihil”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.