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ar⋅gent

  [ahr-juhnt]
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–noun
1. Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
2. Archaic.
a. silver.
b. something silvery or white.
3. Obsolete. money.
–adjective
4. like silver; silvery white.
5. Heraldry. of the tincture or metal silver: a lion argent.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME argentum < L: silver, money
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argent-

 
var. of argento-, esp. before a vowel.
Also, argenti-.

argento-

 
a combining form meaning “silver,” used in the formation of compound words: argento-cuprous sulfide.
Also, argenti-; especially before a vowel, argent-.

Origin:
< L argent(um) + -o-
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ar·gent   (är'jənt)   
n.  

  1. Heraldry The metal silver, represented by the color white.

  2. Archaic Silver or something resembling it.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin argentum, silver; see arg- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

argent 
c.1485, "quicksilver," from M.Fr. argent, from O.Fr., from L. argentum "silver, white money," from PIE *arg-ent- (cf. Avestan erezata-, O.Pers. ardata-, Armenian arcat, O.Ir. argat, Breton arc'hant "silver"), from base *arg- "to shine, white," thus "the shining or white metal, silver" (cf. Gk. argos "white," arguron "silver;" Skt. arjuna- "white, shining," rajata- "silver," Hittite harki- "white").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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