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noun
1.
mercury, regarded by alchemists as the assumed first principle of all metals.
2.
the universal
remedy
of Paracelsus.
Origin:
1470–80;
≪
Arabic
az zā'ūq
the quicksilver
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azoth
(ˈæzɒθ)
—
n
1.
the alchemical name for mercury, esp when regarded as the first principle of all metals
2.
the panacea postulated by Paracelsus
[from Arabic
az-zā'ūq
the mercury]
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