stibium

[ stib-ee-uhm ]

/ ˈstɪb i əm /

noun Chemistry.

antimony.

Origin of stibium

1350–1400; Middle English <Latin stibi(s), stibium<Greek stíbi (variant of stímmi<Egyptian sdm)

Words nearby stibium

Stheno, STI, stibial, stibialism, stibine, stibium, stibnite, stich, sticharion, stichic, stichometry

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Example sentences from the Web for stibium

A mixture of pulverised antimony (stibium) and zinc is still used by women in the East for this purpose.
The Expositor's Bible|F. W. Farrar
Her eyes are coloured with stibium, and her nostrils are shaped like the wings of a swallow.
A House of Pomegranates|Oscar Wilde
There are besides this, certain other cements which part gold from silver, composed of sulphur, stibium and other ingredients.
De Re Metallica|Georgius Agricola
Keren-Happuk, the name given by Job to one of his daughters, means "horn of stibium."
The Expositor's Bible|F. W. Farrar

The sixth method consists in heating together a bes of the copper and one-sixth of a libra each of sulphur, salt, and stibium.
De Re Metallica|Georgius Agricola

British Dictionary definitions for stibium

stibium

/ (ˈstɪbɪəm) /

noun

an obsolete name for antimony

Derived forms of stibium

stibial, adjective

Word Origin for stibium

C14: from Latin: antimony (used as a cosmetic in ancient Rome), via Greek from Egyptian stm

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单词	stibium
释义	stibium [ stib-ee-uhm ] / ˈstɪb i əm / noun Chemistry. antimony. Origin of stibium 1350–1400; Middle English <Latin stibi(s), stibium<Greek stíbi (variant of stímmi<Egyptian sdm) Words nearby stibium Stheno, STI, stibial, stibialism, stibine, stibium, stibnite, stich, sticharion, stichic, stichometry Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for stibium A mixture of pulverised antimony (stibium) and zinc is still used by women in the East for this purpose. The Expositor's Bible\|F. W. Farrar Her eyes are coloured with stibium, and her nostrils are shaped like the wings of a swallow. A House of Pomegranates\|Oscar Wilde There are besides this, certain other cements which part gold from silver, composed of sulphur, stibium and other ingredients. De Re Metallica\|Georgius Agricola Keren-Happuk, the name given by Job to one of his daughters, means "horn of stibium." The Expositor's Bible\|F. W. Farrar The sixth method consists in heating together a bes of the copper and one-sixth of a libra each of sulphur, salt, and stibium. De Re Metallica\|Georgius Agricola British Dictionary definitions for stibium stibium / (ˈstɪbɪəm) / noun an obsolete name for antimony Derived forms of stibium stibial, adjective Word Origin for stibium C14: from Latin: antimony (used as a cosmetic in ancient Rome), via Greek from Egyptian stm 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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