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aurum

[ awr-uhm ]

noun

, Chemistry.
  1. gold. : Au


aurum

/ ˈɔːrəm /

noun

  1. obsolete.
    gold
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of aurum1

1490–1500; < Latin: gold
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Word History and Origins

Origin of aurum1

C16: Latin
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Example Sentences

Another combination of tin, sulphur, and mercury, makes a light yellow substance called aurum musivum used in painting.

Profectus3 Delphs4 cum Tarquini flis,5 qus pater ad Apollinem mneribus honrandum mserat, bacul5 sambce aurum inclsum dn6 tulit de.

Mosaic gold, the aurum musivum of the old chemists, is a sulphuret of tin.

This grant was called the Patriarch's tax, and the mission-tax (Apostole), also crown money (aurum coronarium).

Sunt qui auro immodice utantur, quam aurum putent histori affere majestatem.

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