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ceruse
[ seer-oos, si-roos ]
noun
- a pigment composed of white lead.
ceruse
/ səˈruːs /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ceruse1
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin cērussa
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ceruse1
C14: from Old French céruse, from Latin cērussa, perhaps ultimately from Greek kēros wax
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Example Sentences
But art has taught her to supply furrowed deformities with ceruse boxes, and to repair a decayed complexion with an Italian fucus.
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You will temper minium and ceruse and carmine with clear of egg.
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Spanish green was verdigris, and minium was red lead, while ceruse was white lead.
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A pot of ceruse, my child, that I took out of a lady's under petticoat pocket.
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Minium sometimes leans to orange; and there is made from ceruse a peculiar red, Mineral Orange.
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