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).

Related terms

• -ferous