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caput mortuum

Noun CEFR B2
ˈkæpət ˈmɔː(ɹ)tjʊəm

Definitions

  1. Worthless residue of sublimation or distillation.
    uncountable
  2. Cardinal purple, a variety of haematite iron oxide pigment.
    uncountable

Equivalents

Svenskacaput mortuum

Examples

“Were they working their way through the colours and now had reached the more abstruse layers of the spectrum? What would be next — caput mortuum, heliotrope? The colours of the day.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

caput succedaneum caputegulum Caputo Capwell capy capy.

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