plural of calamus

A surname.

(formal) A slip of the pen, a miswriting.

An event resulting in great loss. / The distress that results from some disaster.

Concerning or involving calamity, disastrous.

plural of calamity

A pale pink powdered form of zinc oxide used in skin lotions. / (mineralogy) The zinc silicate mineral hemimorphite.

(transitive) To coat or treat with calamine.

Any species of aromatic garden herb of the genus Calamintha, now often included in Clinopodium.

In a calamitous manner.