different between lotion vs calamine

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French lotion, from Latin lotio, lotionem (“a washing”), from lavo (“to wash”); see lave. Doublet of lavation.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?lo???n/
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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l????n/
• Rhymes: -????n

Noun

lotion (usually uncountable, plural lotions)

1. A low- to medium-viscosity topical preparation intended for application to unbroken skin.
2. (archaic) A washing, especially of the skin for the purpose of beautification.

Synonyms

• lavatory

Derived terms

• lotional

Translations

See also

• cream (generally a bit thicker than a lotion)

Verb

lotion (third-person singular simple present lotions, present participle lotioning, simple past and past participle lotioned)

1. (transitive) To cover or treat with a lotion.
   • 2005, Ryan Phillips, Fall from Grace (page 52)

     Grace lotions her arms and legs and joins him in the large walk-in closet where they change out of their clothes and into their pajamas—loose-fitting cotton bottoms for Mike and a lace-trimmed baby doll nightie for Grace.

   • 2011, Jeanne Starr Gater, Bring Back Summertime (page 89)

     I would finish my daily ranging session by lotioning his legs, and lotioning and rubbing his feet.

Further reading

• lotion in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• lotion in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• lootin', otolin

English

Etymology

From French calamine, from Medieval Latin calam?na, from Latin cadm??a, from Ancient Greek ??????? (kadmeí?), after ?????? (Kádmos, “Cadmus”), mythological founder of Thebes, of Pre-Greek origin.

Noun

calamine (usually uncountable, plural calamines)

1. A pale pink powdered form of zinc oxide used in skin lotions.
2. (mineralogy) The zinc silicate mineral hemimorphite.

Translations

Verb

calamine (third-person singular simple present calamines, present participle calamining, simple past and past participle calamined)

1. (transitive) To coat or treat with calamine.

Anagrams

• analcime, camelina

French

Noun

calamine f (plural calamines)

1. calamine (zinc oxide or silicate)
2. Residue of carbon deposited in the cylinders of two-stroke engines

Further reading

• “calamine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

calamine f

1. plural of calamina