stibium

[ stib-ee-uhm ]

nounChemistry.

antimony.

Origin of stibium

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

Words Nearby stibium

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How to use stibium in a sentence

Keren-Happuk, the name given by Job to one of his daughters, means "horn of stibium."
The Expositor's Bible | F. W. Farrar
We use cements when, without stibium, we part silver or copper or both so ingeniously and admirably from gold.
De Re Metallica | Georgius Agricola
There are besides this, certain other cements which part gold from silver, composed of sulphur, stibium and other ingredients.
De Re Metallica | Georgius Agricola
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
Some of the alabasti would contain kohl or stibium, some salves and ointments, others perhaps perfumed washes for the complexion.
History of Phoenicia | George Rawlinson

British Dictionary definitions for stibium

stibium

/ (ˈstɪbɪəm) /

noun

an obsolete name for antimony

Origin of stibium

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

Derived forms of stibium

stibial, adjective

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