azoth
Americannoun
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mercury, regarded by alchemists as the assumed first principle of all metals.
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the universal remedy of Paracelsus.
noun
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the alchemical name for mercury, esp when regarded as the first principle of all metals
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the panacea postulated by Paracelsus
Etymology
Origin of azoth
1470–80; ≪ Arabic az zā'ūq the quicksilver
Example Sentences
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He was intent on keeping the secret of azoth, it would seem, even in this city whence, long ago, the secret had come.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
“I think it means that the key to azoth is spirit. Spirit of the body.”
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
He was distilling azoth, as he had done hundreds of times before.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
—Thyon Nero: the alchemist who had distilled azoth.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
For hundreds of years, alchemists had been trying to distill azoth.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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