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hydrargyrum
[hahy-drahr-jer-uhm]
hydrargyrum
/ haɪˈdrɑːdʒɪrəm, ˌhaɪdrɑːˈdʒɪərɪk /
noun
an obsolete name for mercury
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Other 51Թ Forms
- hydrargyric adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hydrargyrum1
1555–65; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin hydrargyr ( us ) (< Greek áDz mercury, equivalent to hydr- hydr- 1 + áDz silver) + -um, on model of aurum, etc.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hydrargyrum1
C16: from New Latin, from Latin hydrargyrus from Greek hydrarguros, from hydro- + arguros silver
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Never mind the adjective, I was mercury: quicksilver, Hg, hydrargyrum, ore of cinnabar, resistant to herding, incapable of assuming a fixed form.
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