calcined
English
editVerb
editcalcined
- simple past and past participle of calcine
Adjective
editcalcined (comparative more calcined, superlative most calcined)
- Converted by calcination.
- (figurative) Purified, refined.
- 1790, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Men[1]:
- [A]n ingenious man, who is ever on the watch for conquest, will, in his eagerness to exhibit his whole store of knowledge, furnish an attentive observer with some useful information, calcined by fancy and formed by taste.
Derived terms
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editconverted by calcination
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