azoth

American  

[az-oth] / ˈæz ɒθ /

noun

1. mercury, regarded by alchemists as the assumed first principle of all metals.

2. the universal remedy of Paracelsus.

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azoth British  

/ ˈæzɒθ /

noun

1. the alchemical name for mercury, esp when regarded as the first principle of all metals

2. the panacea postulated by Paracelsus

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Etymology

Origin of azoth

1470–80; ≪ Arabic az zā'ūq the quicksilver

Example Sentences

For hundreds of years, alchemists had been trying to distill azoth.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

Thyon meant to keep the secret of azoth at all costs.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

What would everyone say, those scholars who’d mocked him, if they knew a fairy tale had held the key to azoth?

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

He had to make more azoth at once.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

“Look here,” he said, and pointed to the passage in the book, about the alchemist himself being the secret ingredient of azoth.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor