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"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "cadmia",
"3": "calaminaris",
"4": "lapis calaminaris"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of cadmia, calaminaris, and lapis calaminaris",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From French calamine, from Medieval Latin calamīna, from Latin cadmīa, ultimately from Ancient Greek Κᾰδμείᾱ (Kadmeíā), from Κάδμος (Kádmos, “Cadmus”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming related substances”). Doublet of cadmia, calaminaris, and lapis calaminaris.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "calamines",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "calamining",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "calamined",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "calamined",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "calamine (third-person singular simple present calamines, present participle calamining, simple past and past participle calamined)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To coat or treat with calamine."
],
"links": [
[
"coat",
"coat"
],
[
"treat",
"treat"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To coat or treat with calamine."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"word": "calamine"
}
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