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Word entry · 6 letters

minium

Best crossword clue

"Red lead pigment"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈmɪnɪəm/Part of speech nounSorted iimmnuStarts with MEnds with M1 clues
1M2I3N4I5U6M

Definitions

  1. a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin minium.

Used in a sentence

  • The compounds formed by the combination of the peroxide of lead with the protoxide have received the general name of miniums, and are known in commerce as red lead.
  • [H]e was so overcome by suffering that his face, which had once been of oriental minium, now became like orpiment, and the hams of his lips turned into rancid lard.

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