algarothn.

Brit.

/ˈalɡərɒθ/, U.S.

/ˈælɡərɑθ/

Forms: 1600s– algarot, 1600s– algaroth, 1700s algorot, 1700s– algoroth.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French algaroth.

Etymology: < French algaroth, †algarot, †algorot (1650) < the name of Vittorio Algarotti (1553–1604; also known (internationally) as Victor Algarotti , and (formerly) †Algarotto , †Algorotto ), a physician of Verona, who pioneered the medical use of the substance. Compare French poudre d'algaroth , †poudre d'algarot (1660 in the passage translated in quot. 1662), Italian polvere dell'Algarotto (1622 or earlier).

Chemistry. Now archaic or historical.

Antimony oxychloride, a white solid formerly used in powdered form as an emetic. Also algaroth powder, Algaroth's powder, powder of algaroth.Formula: SbOCl.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > emetic > mineral-based

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1662 P. D. C. tr. N. Le Fèvre Compend. Body Chymistry II. ii. x. 255 An Emetical powder white and pure, which by some is called powder of Algarot, from Algorotto an Italian, which is said to be the Inventor thereof.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Algarot, a Chymical Preparation made of Butter of Antimony.

1708 tr. J. P. de Tournefort Materia Medica iv. i. 180 If you pour fair Water upon the Butter of Antimony, you will obtain a very fine white Powder..call'd the Powder of Algaroth.

1737 W. Barrowby tr. J. Astruc Treat. of Venereal Dis. II. v. 438 In the morning upon an empty Stomach, with half a grain of the powder of algarot.

1784 E. Cullen tr. T. Bergman Physical & Chem. Ess. I. 414 Two parts of Algaroth's powder obtained by water require seventy of tartar.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XV. 446/1 About three-fourths of it are soluble in marine acid, and afford Algoroth powder.

1808 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 98 59 The portion of powder of algoroth and sulphate of lead dissolved in the precipitating and washing waters, was scrupulously collected.

1860 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. (ed. 2) I. 639 Powder of algaroth.

1922 T. M. Lowry Inorg. Chem. xxxvi. 710 Antimony trichloride..dissolves in a small quantity of water, or in presence of hydrochloric acid, but on dilution is precipitated as a basic chloride, Powder of Algaroth, the principal constituent of which is an oxychloride, SbOCl.

1940 G. H. J. Adlam & L. S. Price Higher School Certificate Inorg. Chem. (ed. 2) xliii. 422 This is antimony oxychloride, or powder of algaroth.

2003 A. Fisk Cupid & Silent Goddess x. 119 I shall never understand alchemy, but nevertheless I shall never forget the poetry of the names of its materials: Powder of Algaroth, Glass of Antimony, [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	algaroth
释义	algarothn. Brit. /ˈalɡərɒθ/, U.S. /ˈælɡərɑθ/ Forms: 1600s– algarot, 1600s– algaroth, 1700s algorot, 1700s– algoroth. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French algaroth. Etymology: < French algaroth, †algarot, †algorot (1650) < the name of Vittorio Algarotti (1553–1604; also known (internationally) as Victor Algarotti , and (formerly) †Algarotto , †Algorotto ), a physician of Verona, who pioneered the medical use of the substance. Compare French poudre d'algaroth , †poudre d'algarot (1660 in the passage translated in quot. 1662), Italian polvere dell'Algarotto (1622 or earlier). Chemistry. Now archaic or historical. Antimony oxychloride, a white solid formerly used in powdered form as an emetic. Also algaroth powder, Algaroth's powder, powder of algaroth.Formula: SbOCl. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > emetic > mineral-based stibiuma1398 stibie1548 algaroth1662 tartar-emetic1704 1662 P. D. C. tr. N. Le Fèvre Compend. Body Chymistry II. ii. x. 255 An Emetical powder white and pure, which by some is called powder of Algarot, from Algorotto an Italian, which is said to be the Inventor thereof. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Algarot, a Chymical Preparation made of Butter of Antimony. 1708 tr. J. P. de Tournefort Materia Medica iv. i. 180 If you pour fair Water upon the Butter of Antimony, you will obtain a very fine white Powder..call'd the Powder of Algaroth. 1737 W. Barrowby tr. J. Astruc Treat. of Venereal Dis. II. v. 438 In the morning upon an empty Stomach, with half a grain of the powder of algarot. 1784 E. Cullen tr. T. Bergman Physical & Chem. Ess. I. 414 Two parts of Algaroth's powder obtained by water require seventy of tartar. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XV. 446/1 About three-fourths of it are soluble in marine acid, and afford Algoroth powder. 1808 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 98 59 The portion of powder of algoroth and sulphate of lead dissolved in the precipitating and washing waters, was scrupulously collected. 1860 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. (ed. 2) I. 639 Powder of algaroth. 1922 T. M. Lowry Inorg. Chem. xxxvi. 710 Antimony trichloride..dissolves in a small quantity of water, or in presence of hydrochloric acid, but on dilution is precipitated as a basic chloride, Powder of Algaroth, the principal constituent of which is an oxychloride, SbOCl. 1940 G. H. J. Adlam & L. S. Price Higher School Certificate Inorg. Chem. (ed. 2) xliii. 422 This is antimony oxychloride, or powder of algaroth. 2003 A. Fisk Cupid & Silent Goddess x. 119 I shall never understand alchemy, but nevertheless I shall never forget the poetry of the names of its materials: Powder of Algaroth, Glass of Antimony, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1662
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