Etymology

calcifugous

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Today it means: Synonym of calcifugal. Full definition →

New Latin calcifugus
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The story

  1. New Latin · borrowed fromcalcifugus“limestone-phobic”
  2. English todaycalcifugous

Borrowed from New Latin calcifugus (“limestone-phobic”). By surface analysis, calci- + -fugous.

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