cremor

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English

Etymology

Latin ; compare cream.

Noun

cremor (plural cremors)

  1. (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

From cremar +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

Noun

cremor f (plural cremors)

  1. burning
    Synonym: ardor
  2. burning sensation

Further reading

Latin

Etymology 1

Disputed; possibly one of the following:

Noun

cremor m sg (genitive cremōris); third declension

  1. Thick juice or broth, gravy
  2. Thick juice made by boiling grain, a mash
Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative cremor
Genitive cremōris
Dative cremōrī
Accusative cremōrem
Ablative cremōre
Vocative cremor

References

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “cremō, -āre”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 142
  • 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.

Etymology 2

Verb

cremor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of cremō