zinc-bloom, n.

zinc-bloom
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First published 1921; not fully revised

# zinc-bloomnoun

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zinc-bloom mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zinc-bloom. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

#### Entry status

OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.

### Where does the noun zinc-bloom come from?

Earliest known use

1840s

The earliest known use of the noun zinc-bloom is in the 1840s.

OED's only evidence for zinc-bloom is from 1842, in the writing of Thomas Graham, chemist.

### Nearby entries

1. zina, n. 1817–
2. zinc, n. 1651–
3. zinc, v. 1843–
4. zinc-air, adj. 1970–
5. Zincala, n. 1844–91
6. Zincalo, n. 1841–
7. zinc-alum, n. 1851–
8. zinc-amide, n. 1859–
9. zincate, n. 1872–
10. zinc-blende, n. 1842–
11. zinc-bloom, n.1842–
12. zinc chloride, n. 1851–
13. zinc chromate, n. 1851–
14. zinc chrome, n. 1892–
15. zinc-dust, n. 1877–
16. zinc finger, n. 1987–
17. zinc-foil, n. 1851–
18. zinc green, n. 1847–
19. zinc-grey | zinc-gray, n. 1881–
20. zincian, adj. 1930–
21. zincic, adj. 1860–

## Etymology

Translating German zinkblüthe (Karsten, 1808).

## Meaning & use

1. 1842–
   Hydrous carbonate of zinc, hydrozincite.
   1. 1842

      > The mineral substance, zinc bloom.

      T. Graham, Elements of Chemistry ii. v. 575
   minerals
   1. zinc-bloom 1842–
      Hydrous carbonate of zinc, hydrozincite.
   2. marionite 1858–
      A mineral now regarded as identical to hydrozincite (see hydro-, comb. form).
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Originally published as part of the entry for zinc, n.

zinc, n. was first published in 1921; not fully revised.