BLONDINETTE
(c) A breed of oriental frilled pigeons. The French means literally “a little blonde girl”. 1881: “The blondinettes are grouse-legged and generally peak crested.”
SIMULTY
(a) A quarrel or contention. An adaptation of the Latin simultas, from simul, at the same time. 1679: “Thus we see in what inveterate simulties, dissensions and Book-warres the Protestants of all kinds and sorts do live.”
DENTEX
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(b) The common name of a sea bream, Dentex dentex, found in the Mediterranean and along the North African Atlantic coast. The Latin name for some kind of unidentified fish. Linnaeus gave the bream its name. 1953: “Below I saw a big blue dentex (bream) with a bitter mouth and hostile eyes.”
SEBUM
(c) The fatty secretion which lubricates the hair and the skin. Adaptation of the Latin for suet, grease. 1887: “The sebum frequently accumulates in the sebaceous ducts, giving rise to the minute black points to which the term comedones is applied.”