nihil album
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin nihil album (“white nothing”), from late medieval confusion of German nichts (“nothing”) and nix with Latin nix (“snow, snow-white thing”), used for white forms of zinc oxide. Doublet of nill.
Noun
nihil album (uncountable)
- (chemistry, obsolete) Synonym of zinc oxide, particularly white forms.
References
- nihil in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913