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noun
Compost, composted manure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
Composition, makeup, formation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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noun
A kind of plaster.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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History
Borrowed from Middle French composture (“compost”), from late Old French composture, possibly from Latin compositūra, compostūra (“composition”); equivalent to compost + -ure. Compare Portuguese compostura, Spanish compostura.
