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aurum

American  
[awr-uhm] / ˈɔr əm /

noun

Chemistry.
  1. gold. Au


aurum British  
/ ˈɔːrəm /

noun

  1. obsolete gold

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of aurum

1490–1500; < Latin: gold

Example Sentences

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These can all be upgraded and used to produce various goods which can be sold for aurum.

From Forbes • Nov. 9, 2012

A Unique Approach to Social Play Knightly Adventure encourages social play by rewarding players with experience and aurum for helping out friends.

From Forbes • Nov. 9, 2012

Thus Statius: Ditantur flammæ: non unquam opulentioan ille ante cinis: crepitant gemmæ: atque immane litescit argentum, et pietis exsudat vestibus aurum.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

Fert Britannia aurum et argentum et alia metalla, pretium victoriae.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

But the word is evidently αυρον—the Lat. aurum, "gold."

From Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight by Willcock, John