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hydrargyrum

[ hahy-drahr-jer-uhm ]

noun



hydrargyrum

/ haɪˈdrɑːdʒɪrəm; ˌhaɪdrɑːˈdʒɪərɪk /

noun

  1. an obsolete name for mercury
“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
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Derived Forms

  • hydrargyric, adjective
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Other Words From

  • hy·drar·gyr·ic [hahy-drahr-, jir, -ik], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hydrargyrum1

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of hydrargyrum1

C16: from New Latin, from Latin hydrargyrus from Greek hydrarguros, from hydro- + arguros silver
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Example Sentences

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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