Talcum powder is fine powder with a pleasant smell which people put on their bodies after they have had a bath or a shower. A fine, often perfumed powder made from purified talc for use on the skin. a powder with a nice smell which you put on your skin after washing (talcum, from talk; TALC)
talcum
Hyphenation
tal·cum
Turkish pronunciation
tälkım
Pronunciation
/ˈtalkəm/ /ˈtælkəm/
Etymology
[ 'tal-k&m- ] (noun.) circa 1890. Medieval Latin talcum mica, alteration of earlier talk.