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egyptian blue

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English

Syllables
egyp-tian blue
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A light blue pigment made from calcium copper tetrasilicate (“CaCuSi₄O₁₀”), the first artificial pigment, used by Egyptians for over 3 millennia, before dying out during the Roman Empire; one of the few alternates to lapis lazuli during ancient times.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Egyptian + blue, from being a blue invented by Ancient Egyptians.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Egyptian blues (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

lapis lazuli Chinese purple Han purple Chinese blue Han blue Maya blue Prussian blue

Questions

What does egyptian blue mean?
A light blue pigment made from calcium copper tetrasilicate (“CaCuSi₄O₁₀”), the first artificial pigment, used by Egyptians for over 3 millennia, before dying out during the Roman Empire; one of the few alternates to lapis lazuli during ancient times.
Where does egyptian blue come from?
From Egyptian + blue, from being a blue invented by Ancient Egyptians.

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