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hydrargirie

hydrargirie is the obsolete form of hydrargyrum.

Meaning of hydrargyrum

Noun

hydrargyrum (uncountable)

  1. Mercury (chemical element).
    • Hydrargyrum, Quick-ſilver, a Mineral, of a ſtrange piercing Quality, ſo as to eat thro' Gold, Silver, &c.1706, Edward Phillips, compiler, J[ohn] K[ersey the younger], “Hydrargyrum”, in The New World of Words: Or, Universal English Dictionary. […], 6th edition, London: […] J. Phillips, […]; N. Rhodes...

Questions about hydrargirie

What is hydrargirie the obsolete form of?
Hydrargirie is the obsolete form of hydrargyrum.

Words near hydrargirie in the dictionary

  1. hydrarchy
  2. hydrarg.
  3. hydrargaphen
  4. hydrargillite
  5. hydrargire
  6. hydrargirie
  7. hydrargochloride
  8. hydrargochlorides
  9. hydrargyllite
  10. hydrargyral
  11. hydrargyre

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hydrargirie (page history and authors); hydrargyrum (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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