kohl

Etymology

From Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl, “antimony; kohl, stibnite (powdered antimony)”). Doublet of alcohol and alcool.

noun

  1. A dark powder (usually powdered antimony) used as eye makeup, especially in Eastern countries; stibnite.

verb

  1. To decorate one's eyes with kohl.
    A plain, big woman with heavily kohled eyes and pudgy arms. 2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 241

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