stibium

[stib-ee-uh m]

noun Chemistry.

antimony.

Nearby words

Origin of stibium

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin stibi(s), stibium < Greek stíbi (variant of stímmi < Egyptian sdm)

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Examples from the Web for stibium

A mixture of pulverised antimony (stibium) and zinc is still used by women in the East for this purpose.
The Expositor's Bible|F. W. Farrar
Her eyes are coloured with stibium, and her nostrils are shaped like the wings of a swallow.
A House of Pomegranates|Oscar Wilde
There are besides this, certain other cements which part gold from silver, composed of sulphur, stibium and other ingredients.
De Re Metallica|Georgius Agricola
Keren-Happuk, the name given by Job to one of his daughters, means "horn of stibium."
The Expositor's Bible|F. W. Farrar

The sixth method consists in heating together a bes of the copper and one-sixth of a libra each of sulphur, salt, and stibium.
De Re Metallica|Georgius Agricola

British Dictionary definitions for stibium

stibium

noun

an obsolete name for antimony

Derived Formsstibial, adjective

Word Origin for stibium

C14: from Latin: antimony (used as a cosmetic in ancient Rome), via Greek from Egyptian stm

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