Meanings
nounloture (plural lotures)
plural lotures
- obsoleteSynonym of lotion.First known use 1601–1657
Lead doth yeeld from it selfe a certaine substance by way of loture, which is of right great and manifold vse in physicke.
1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book II.]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 1st tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLCSynonyms: lotion
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nounSynonym of lotion.
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Origin
- Latinlōtūra
- Latinlōtūra
- Englishloture
Derived from Latin lōtūra. First attested in 1601. Doublet of lotion.
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