Anticalcimine

/ˌæntiˈkælsɪmiːn/ adjective

Resistant to or preventing the application or effects of calcimine, a whitewashing paint made from chalk and glue.

From anti- (against) + calcimine, from Latin calx (lime) + -mine (a suffix of uncertain origin, possibly from French). Calcimine was a common, inexpensive wall coating from the 19th-early 20th centuries.

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