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Hydrargyrum

//haɪˈdɹɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒɪɹəm// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Mercury (chemical element). uncountable

    "Hydrargyrum, Quick-ſilver, a Mineral, of a ſtrange piercing Quality, ſo as to eat thro' Gold, Silver, &c."

  2. 2
    a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures wordnet

Etymology

From New Latin hydrargyrum (“mercury”). By surface analysis, hydr- + argyr- + -um.

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