azothn.

Forms: Middle English azot, 1600s azoch, 1600s–1800s azoth.

Etymology: Corruption (ultimately) of Arabic az-zāūq: see assogue n. Compare French azoth, Spanish azogue.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈazoth.

Alchemy.

(a) The alchemists' name for mercury, as the essential first principle of all metals. (b) The universal remedy of Paracelsus. Also figurative.

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1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy v, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 77 With Water of Azot to make lac virginis.

1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. iii. sig. E2 Your Lato, Azoch, Zernich.

1655 T. Vaughan Evphrates 105 That glassie Azoth of Lullie.

1751 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 7) (at cited word) Paracelsus's azoth..is pretended to have been a preparation of gold, silver, and mercury.

1835 R. Browning Paracelsus v. 183 Last, my good sword; ha, trusty Azoth, leapest Beneath thy master's grasp for the last time?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	azoth
释义	azothn. Forms: Middle English azot, 1600s azoch, 1600s–1800s azoth. Etymology: Corruption (ultimately) of Arabic az-zāūq: see assogue n. Compare French azoth, Spanish azogue.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈazoth. Alchemy. (a) The alchemists' name for mercury, as the essential first principle of all metals. (b) The universal remedy of Paracelsus. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > alchemy > alchemical elements > [noun] > spirit sulphura1393 mercurya1456 azoth1477 1477 T. Norton Ordinall of Alchimy v, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 77 With Water of Azot to make lac virginis. 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist ii. iii. sig. E2 Your Lato, Azoch, Zernich. View more context for this quotation 1655 T. Vaughan Evphrates 105 That glassie Azoth of Lullie. 1751 Chambers's Cycl. (ed. 7) (at cited word) Paracelsus's azoth..is pretended to have been a preparation of gold, silver, and mercury. 1835 R. Browning Paracelsus v. 183 Last, my good sword; ha, trusty Azoth, leapest Beneath thy master's grasp for the last time? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1477
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