camphorate

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From camphoric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). Compare French camphorate.

“What do you mean by calling this case a coffin?” “Well, it do hold one of them camphorated corps, sir,” said Mrs. Bolton with another curtsey. — The Green Mummy, Fergus Hume
If the mediaeval Mrs. Burton liked to illuminate the day with lamps or camphorated tapers, that, he said, was her business; adding that the light of the sun was good enough for him. — The Life of Sir Richard Burton, Thomas Wright

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