badigeon

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French badigeon.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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badigeon (countable and uncountable, plural badigeons)

  1. A cement or paste (as of plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors and builders to fill holes, cover defects, or finish a surface.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 badigeon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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French

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ba.di.ʒɔ̃/
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Noun

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badigeon m (plural badigeons)

  1. distemper, badigeon
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