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noun a black resinous substance obtained from certain trees and used as a natural varnish
noun a hard glossy coating
verb coat with lacquer
originBorrowed from French lacque (“a sort of sealing wax”), from Portuguese laca, lacca (“gum lac”), from Persian لاک (lâk), from Hindi लाख (lākh), from Sanskrit लाक्षा (lākṣā). Doublet of lac.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0