different between massicot vs masticot

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French massicot; English masticot is a corruption.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæs?k??/

Noun

massicot (countable and uncountable, plural massicots)

1. (chemistry) lead monoxide, PbO, obtained as a yellow amorphous powder, the fused and crystalline form of which is called litharge; lead ocher. It is used as a pigment; also, lead oxide yellow, as opposed to red lead, which is lead tetroxide Pb₃O₄.

Usage notes

• Massicot is sometimes used by painters, and also as a drier in the composition of ointments and plasters.

Translations

Anagrams

• acosmist, somatics

French

Etymology

Influenced by Italian marzacotto, but ultimately from Arabic ???????? (“lead oxide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.si.ko/

Noun

massicot m (plural massicots)

1. massicot
2. guillotine, a machine for cutting paper and sheet metal

Derived terms

• massicotier

Further reading

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

English

Noun

masticot (countable and uncountable, plural masticots)

1. Obsolete form of massicot.

Anagrams

• stomatic