massicot

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/ˈmæsɪkɒt/

noun

lead monoxide, PbO, obtained as a yellow amorphous powder, the fused and crystalline form of which is called litharge; lead ocher. It is used as a pigment; also, lead oxide yellow, as opposed to red lead, which is lead tetroxide Pb₃O₄.

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massicotite
OriginFrench massicot →
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Meanings

nounmassicot (countable and uncountable, plural massicots)

plural massicots

  1. countableuncountablechemistrylead monoxide, PbO, obtained as a yellow amorphous powder, the fused and crystalline form of which is called litharge; lead ocher. It is used as a pigment; also, lead oxide yellow, as opposed to red lead, which is lead tetroxide Pb₃O₄.

    Besides orpiment, already referred to, one occasionally gets mention of massicot, a yellow lead paint.

    1952, L.F. Salzman, Building in England, page 169

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe mineral form of lead monoxide; in the form of yellow powder it is used as a pigment

Similar
massicotite
Broader
lead ore

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchmassicot
  2. Englishmassicot

Borrowed from French massicot; English masticot is a corruption.

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Translations

Spanish masicote
  • masicotelead monoxide

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

massicot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/massicot

MLA

“massicot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/massicot. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “massicot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/massicot.

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