mercurous

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adjective

Pertaining to or derived from mercury.

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mercurichydrargyrous
OriginProto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? ← English mercury ← Middle English mercurie →
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Meanings

adjectivemercurous (not comparable)
  1. not comparablechemistryPertaining to or derived from mercury.

    Synonyms: mercuric

  2. not comparablechemistryOf a compound, containing mercury with an oxidation number of 1.

    Synonyms: hydrargyrous

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivePertaining to or derived from mercury.

Similar
mercuric

adjectiveOf a compound, containing mercury with an oxidation number of 1.

Similar
hydrargyrous

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveof or containing mercury

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mercuric
Also see
mercuric

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. LatinMercurius
  2. Latinmercurius
  3. Middle Englishmercurie
  4. Englishmercury
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  7. Englishmercurous

From mercury + -ous.

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APA

mercurous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mercurous

MLA

“mercurous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mercurous. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mercurous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mercurous.

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