ENCRUSTATION


Meaning of ENCRUSTATION in English

/ ˌenkrʌˈsteɪʃn; NAmE / noun

= incrustation

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WORD ORIGIN

early 17th cent. (originally as incrustation ): from late Latin incrustatio(n-) , from the verb incrustare , from in- into + crusta a crust.

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