cremor
English
Etymology
Latin ; compare cream.
Noun
cremor (plural cremors)
- (archaic) cream; a substance resembling cream; yeast; scum
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for cremor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- Cromer
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₃m- (“porridge, soup”), from *ḱh₁erh₂- (“to mix”).
Noun
cremor m (genitive cremōris); third declension
- Thick juice or broth, gravy
- Thick juice made by boiling grain, a mash
Verb
cremor
- first-person singular present passive indicative of cremō
References
- cremor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cremor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cremor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette