cremor

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₃m- (“porridge, soup”), from *ḱh₁erh₂- (“to mix”).

Noun

cremor m (genitive cremōris); third declension

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

Verb

cremor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of cremō

References
  • 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
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