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mercurism

mercurism noun: mercury poisoning.

Noun (1)

mercurism (plural mercurisms)

  1. mercury poisoning

Noun (2)

mercurism (plural mercurisms)

  1. (obsolete) A communication of news; an announcement.
    • Altho at this distance you had no early Account or Particular of his Death; yet your Affection may cease to wonder that you had not some secret Sense or Intimation thereof by Dreams, thoughtful Whisperings, Mercurisms, Airy Nuncio's, or sympathetical Insinuations, which many seem to have had at the...1690, Sir Thomas Browne, A Letter to a Friend

Forms of mercurism

pluralmercurisms

Origin of mercurism

From mercury + -ism.

From Mercury + -ism.

Questions about mercurism

What does mercurism mean?
Mercurism means mercury poisoning.
What part of speech is mercurism?
Mercurism is a noun.
What is the plural of mercurism?
The plural of mercurism is mercurisms.

Words near mercurism in the dictionary

  1. Mercurio
  2. mercuriocyclization
  3. Mercurios
  4. mercuriousness
  5. mercurise
  6. mercurism
  7. mercurisms
  8. Mercurius
  9. mercurization
  10. mercurizations
  11. mercurize

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