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bice

Pronunciation: /baɪs/

The English word “bice” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt.
  2. A cobalt blue pigment.

Etymology

From French bis, akin to Italian bigio (“light gray, tawny”). Doublet of beige.

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