noun
Origin:
1555–65; < Neo-Latin, equivalent to Latin hydrargyr(us) (< Greek hydrárgyros mercury, equivalent to hydr- hydr-1 + árgyros silver) + -um, on model of aurum, etc.
1555–65; < Neo-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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| hydrargyrum (haɪˈdrɑːdʒɪrəm) | |
| —n | |
| an obsolete name for mercury | |
| [C16: from New Latin, from Latin hydrargyrus from Greek hydrarguros, from | |
| hydrargyric | |
| —adj | |
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hydrargyrum hy·drar·gy·rum (hī-drär'jə-rəm)
n.
See mercury.
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