cimolian.

Forms: 1600s chymolia, 1600s–1800s cimolia.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Cimōlia.

Etymology: < classical Latin Cimōlia, a very soft hydrous silicate of alumina, used in washing and in medicine, use as noun (short for crēta Cimōlia Cimolian chalk) of the feminine of Cimōlius , adjective < Cimōlus (ancient Greek Κίμωλος ), the name of the island of Kimolos (formerly Cimolus), one of the Cyclades + -ius , suffix forming adjectives. Compare cimolite n.Compare ancient Greek Κιμωλία γῆ Cimolian earth, Hellenistic Greek Κιμωλία Cimolia, Middle French, French chimolée (14th cent.), cimolée (1580 or earlier), cimolie (1572 or earlier), cimolia (1549). Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ciˈmolia.

= cimolite n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > phyllosilicate > [noun] > smectites > cimolite

cimolia1658

cimolite1801

anauxite1850

hunterite1859

1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 927 Any new earth, especially Cimolia is good [for wasps' stings].

1729 Evelyn's Terra 5 in Sylva (ed. 5) The white Cimolia, and the several fictile Clays.

Derivatives

ciˈmolian adj. [Compare Middle French, French cimolien (1572 or earlier, in terre cimolienne Cimolian earth).]

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > clay > [adjective] > other clays

cimolian1813

puggy1907

Bradfordian1910

1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 601 Cimolian chalk, or any light earth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	cimolia
释义	cimolian. Forms: 1600s chymolia, 1600s–1800s cimolia. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Cimōlia. Etymology: < classical Latin Cimōlia, a very soft hydrous silicate of alumina, used in washing and in medicine, use as noun (short for crēta Cimōlia Cimolian chalk) of the feminine of Cimōlius , adjective < Cimōlus (ancient Greek Κίμωλος ), the name of the island of Kimolos (formerly Cimolus), one of the Cyclades + -ius , suffix forming adjectives. Compare cimolite n.Compare ancient Greek Κιμωλία γῆ Cimolian earth, Hellenistic Greek Κιμωλία Cimolia, Middle French, French chimolée (14th cent.), cimolée (1580 or earlier), cimolie (1572 or earlier), cimolia (1549). Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ciˈmolia. = cimolite n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > phyllosilicate > [noun] > smectites > cimolite cimolia1658 cimolite1801 anauxite1850 hunterite1859 1658 J. Rowland tr. T. Moffett Theater of Insects in Topsell's Hist. Four-footed Beasts (rev. ed.) 927 Any new earth, especially Cimolia is good [for wasps' stings]. 1729 Evelyn's Terra 5 in Sylva (ed. 5) The white Cimolia, and the several fictile Clays. Derivatives ciˈmolian adj. [Compare Middle French, French cimolien (1572 or earlier, in terre cimolienne Cimolian earth).] ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > clay > [adjective] > other clays cimolian1813 puggy1907 Bradfordian1910 1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 601 Cimolian chalk, or any light earth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1658
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