hydrargyrum
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of hydrargyrum
1555–65; < New Latin, equivalent to Latin hydrargyr ( us ) (< Greek hydrárgyros mercury, equivalent to hydr- hydr- 1 + árgyros silver) + -um, on model of aurum, etc.
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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.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2022
It is more often used, however, for a purely mechanical action, as in the preparation hydrargyrum cum creta.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
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