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单词 psammurgical
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psammurgicaladj.

Forms: 1500s psammurgicall.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ψαμμουργική , -al suffix1.
Etymology: < Hellenistic Greek ψαμμουργική art of extracting gold from sand, use as noun (short for ψαμμουργικὴ τέχνη psammurgical art) of feminine of ψαμμουργικός ( < ψαμμουργία art of extracting gold from sand ( < ψαμμο- psammo- comb. form + ancient Greek -ουργία -urgy comb. form) + -ικός -ic suffix) + -al suffix1; via post-classical Latin psammurgicen (1554 in the passage translated in quot. 1559), representing a transliteration of Hellenistic Greek ψαμμουργικήν, accusative of ψαμμουργική.
Alchemy. Obsolete. rare.
Relating to the working of sand, spec. relating to the art of extracting gold from sand.
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1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus Pref. sig. A ijv Hereupon also is the name geuen vnto the art calling it Psammurgicall [L. psammurgicen] and misticall, and Annophysiall and holy, and greatest.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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