Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as litmus.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun See litmus.

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  • noun Litmus.

Etymologies

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From Dutch lakmoes, from lak ("lac") + moes ("moss, lichen")

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  • ...am henceforth naming children Litmus and Lacmus, irregardless of sex

    April 8, 2011

  • *roflstomp*

    April 9, 2011