† chalcanthchalcanthumn.

Forms: Also c(h)alcanthus, calcanth.

Etymology: < French calcante (Cotgrave), and Latin c(h)alcanthum, c(h)alcanthus, < Greek χάλκανθον, χάλκανθος ‘a solution of blue vitriol used for ink and blacking’, < χαλκός copper + ἄνθος a flower.

Obsolete.

An old name for blue vitriol (sulphate of copper), and for a kind of ink made therefrom; sometimes also applied to green vitriol (sulphate of iron).

ΚΠ

1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Calcanth, a Chymical word, being the same as Vitriol.

1717 G. Berkeley in Life & Lett. (1871) 586 A vapour sulphurous with some tincture of nitre, calcanthus, and bitumen.

1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 14/1 Vitriol, when all its Moisture is dry'd away, becomes Chalcanthum.

1724 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) Chalcanthum, Vitriol calcined to a Redness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	chalcanth
释义	† chalcanthchalcanthumn. Forms: Also c(h)alcanthus, calcanth. Etymology: < French calcante (Cotgrave), and Latin c(h)alcanthum, c(h)alcanthus, < Greek χάλκανθον, χάλκανθος ‘a solution of blue vitriol used for ink and blacking’, < χαλκός copper + ἄνθος a flower. Obsolete. An old name for blue vitriol (sulphate of copper), and for a kind of ink made therefrom; sometimes also applied to green vitriol (sulphate of iron). ΚΠ 1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Calcanth, a Chymical word, being the same as Vitriol. 1717 G. Berkeley in Life & Lett. (1871) 586 A vapour sulphurous with some tincture of nitre, calcanthus, and bitumen. 1718 J. Quincy Pharmacopœia Officinalis 14/1 Vitriol, when all its Moisture is dry'd away, becomes Chalcanthum. 1724 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) Chalcanthum, Vitriol calcined to a Redness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1678
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