hydrargyriferous
/haɪˈdɹɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒɪɹˈɪfəɹəs/
hydrargyriferous adjective: bearing or producing mercury.
Adjective
hydrargyriferous (comparative more hydrargyriferous, superlative most hydrargyriferous)
- Bearing or producing mercury
- ... antimonial silver accompanied by arsenic and galena; the hydrargyriferous with native mercury and cinnabar; the cupriferous with copper oxydes ...1851, Johann Georg Heck, Iconographic Encyclopaedia of Science, Literature, and Art, page 146
- Certain minerals can be compressed such as native spodos and a black mineral similar to the down of plants and which is sometimes argentiferous, sometimes hydrargyriferous (metacinnabarite).1546, Georgius Agricola, De Natura Fossilium
Forms of hydrargyriferous
| comparative | more hydrargyriferous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most hydrargyriferous |
Origin of hydrargyriferous
From Latin hydrargyrum (“mercury”) + -iferous.
Questions about hydrargyriferous
- What does hydrargyriferous mean?
- Hydrargyriferous means bearing or producing mercury.
- What part of speech is hydrargyriferous?
- Hydrargyriferous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce hydrargyriferous?
- Hydrargyriferous is pronounced /haɪˈdɹɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒɪɹˈɪfəɹəs/.
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