ceruse

[ seer-oos, si-roos ]

noun

1. a pigment composed of white lead.

ceruse

/ səˈruːs /

noun

1. See white lead
   another name for white lead

Word History and Origins

Origin of ceruse¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin cērussa

Word History and Origins

Origin of ceruse¹

C14: from Old French céruse, from Latin cērussa, perhaps ultimately from Greek kēros wax

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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