nihil album

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin nihil album (“white nothing”), from late medieval confusion of German nichts (“nothing”) and nix with Latin nix (“snow, snow-white thing”), used for white forms of zinc oxide. Doublet of nill.

Noun

nihil album (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry, obsolete) Synonym of zinc oxide, particularly white forms.

References

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