creamware

creamware

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)krama-der.
Proto-Celtic *krammender.
Gaulish *cramabor.?
Late Latin crāmum
Proto-Indo-European *gʰer-
Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey-der.
Ancient Greek χρίω (khríō)
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă)
Ancient Greek χρῖσμᾰ (khrîsmă)bor.
Ecclesiastical Latin chrisma
blend
Old French cresmebor.
Middle English creme
English cream
Proto-Germanic *warō
Proto-West Germanic *waru
Old English waru
Middle English ware
English -ware
English creamware

    From cream + -ware.

    Noun

    creamware (countable and uncountable, plural creamwares)

    1. (ceramics) Cream-coloured earthenware produced chiefly from 1750 to 1820 by the potters of Staffordshire, England
      Synonym: pearlware
      • 2009 January 10, Judith Flanders, “They Broke It”, in New York Times‎[1]:
        Its worth was quickly recognized: in 1765, Queen Charlotte, the wife of George III, ordered a creamware tea set.

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