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Meaning of caput mortuum | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

/ˈkæpət ˈmɔː(ɹ)tjʊəm/

Definitions

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

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.

See also

caput succedaneum caputegulum Caputo Capwell capy capy.