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parget

Pronunciation: /ˈpɑɹd͡ʒɪt/

The English word “parget” has 5 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To coat with gypsum; to plaster, for example walls, or the interior of flues.
  2. To paint; to cover over.

noun

  1. Gypsum.
  2. Plaster, as for lining the interior of flues, or for stuccowork.
  3. Paint, especially for the face.

Etymology

From Middle English pargetten, from Old French pargeter, parjeter (“to throw about”), from par- (intensive prefix) (from Latin per-) + jeter (“to throw”) (from Latin iactō, frequentative of iaciō). The noun is derived from the verb.

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