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aurichalchum

aurichalchum is the alternative form of orichalcum.

Meaning of orichalcum

Noun

orichalcum (uncountable)

  1. A valuable yellow metal known to the Ancient Greeks and Romans; now sometimes interpreted as referring to a natural alloy of gold and copper, and sometimes treated as a mythical substance.
    • Many walls were coated with metals – with brass, tin and a red ^([sic]) metal, unknown to us, called orichalcum.2008, Jonathan Black, A Secret History of the World, Quercus, published 2008, page 162

Questions about aurichalchum

What is aurichalchum the alternative form of?
Aurichalchum is the alternative form of orichalcum.

Words near aurichalchum in the dictionary

  1. auric chloride
  2. auric chlorides
  3. Aurica
  4. Aurich
  5. aurichalceous
  6. aurichalchum
  7. aurichalcite
  8. aurichalcites
  9. aurichalcum
  10. aurichloride
  11. aurichlorides

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