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cadmia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cad-mia
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of calamine, a pink form of zinc oxide.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin cadmia, ultimately from Ancient Greek Καδμεία (Kadmeía), from Κάδμος (Kádmos, “Cadmus”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming related substances”). Doublet of calamine, calaminaris, and lapis calaminaris.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: cadmia, Καδμεία

Usage

Synonyms

calamine

Questions

What does cadmia mean?
Synonym of calamine, a pink form of zinc oxide.
Where does cadmia come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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