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resalgar

resalgar is the obsolete form of realgar.

Meaning of realgar

Noun

realgar (usually uncountable, plural realgars)

  1. (usually) A mineral, arsenic sulfide (AsS), often associated with orpiment and stibnite in lead, silver and gold ores.
    Synonyms:
    red orpiment

Origin of resalgar

From Middle English resalgar. See realgar.

Questions about resalgar

What is resalgar the obsolete form of?
Resalgar is the obsolete form of realgar.

Words near resalgar in the dictionary

  1. resaleability
  2. resaleable
  3. resaler
  4. resalers
  5. resales
  6. resalgar
  7. resalinization
  8. resalt
  9. resalted
  10. resalting
  11. resaltings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: resalgar (page history and authors); realgar (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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