Meanings
nountectum argenti (uncountable)
- obsoleteuncountablealchemyBismuth.
Origin
- Latin[Term?]
- Englishtectum argenti
Latin [Term?] (literally “silver being made”), as it was believed to be silver still being formed within the earth.
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