calcimine means A form of whitewash (inexpensive white paint) made from calcium carbonate, glue and water, used to coat wooden or plaster surfaces. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Etymology
Alteration of kalsomine, after Latin calcis, genitive of calx (“lime”).
noun
- A form of whitewash (inexpensive white paint) made from calcium carbonate, glue and water, used to coat wooden or plaster surfaces.“If a ceiling is peeling (from using the wrong paint over calcimine, probably; it's an old house), how do you remove all the paint down to the plaster all over the ceiling?”
verb
- To coat with this substance.