hydrargyriferous

English

Etymology

From Latin hydrargyrum (“mercury”) + -iferous.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /haɪˈdɹɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒɪɹˈɪfəɹəs/

Adjective

hydrargyriferous (comparative more hydrargyriferous, superlative most hydrargyriferous)

  1. Bearing or producing mercury
    • 1851, Johann Georg Heck, Iconographic Encyclopaedia of Science, Literature, and Art, page 146:
      ... antimonial silver accompanied by arsenic and galena; the hydrargyriferous with native mercury and cinnabar; the cupriferous with copper oxydes ...
    • 1546, Georgius Agricola, De Natura Fossilium:
      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).
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