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Definition: CEROMA

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. The unguent (a composition of oil and wax) with which wrestlers were anointed among the ancient Romans.[Websters]
2. That part of the baths and gymnasia in which bathers and wrestlers anointed themselves.[Websters]
3. The cere of birds.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Ceroma" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)


Extended Definition: CEROMA

Ceroma

Ceroma was a mixture of oil and wax; or, a cloth with which ancient wrestlers rubbed themselves, not only to make their limbs more sleek and less capable of gripping, but more pliable and fit for exercise.

This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain.


Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Ceroma". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: CEROMA

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Synonym: ceroma
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Translations: CEROMA

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Bohemian mazový nádor (ceroma). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, ceroma. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina mazový nádor (ceroma). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, ceroma. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech mazový nádor (ceroma). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, ceroma. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: CEROMA

Language Translations for “ceroma” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag cathagerathagomathaga (ceroma). Additional references: Athag, ceroma. (volunteer)
Double Dutch cageragomaga (ceroma). Additional references: Double Dutch, ceroma. (volunteer)
Leet [3|2¤/\/\/\ (ceroma). Additional references: Leet, ceroma. (volunteer)
Oppish coperopomopa (ceroma). Additional references: Oppish, ceroma. (volunteer)
Pig Latin eromacay (ceroma). Additional references: Pig Latin, ceroma. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi cuberubomuba (ceroma). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, ceroma. (volunteer)
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