English Explanatory Dictionary

Peligot's blue

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A blue pigment made from silica with copper oxide, lime and soda.

Word forms

Peligot's blue

Etymology

After its inventor, whose surname, originating in the Auvergnat linguistic area, is tentatively connected with Occitan pelegant (“beggar”)

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