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saturnism
[ sat-er-niz-uhm ]
saturnism
/ ˈsætəˌnɪzəm /
noun
- pathol another name for lead poisoning
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Word History and Origins
Origin of saturnism1
1850–55; < Medieval Latin Sāturn ( us ) lead + -ism; in alchemy the planet was thought to have leadlike properties
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Word History and Origins
Origin of saturnism1
C19: from New Latin sāturnismus; properties similar to those of lead were attributed to the planet
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Example Sentences
And “Seventeen Plus” is full of weird pieces meant for an older audience — there’s A Safe Guide to Dying, about a man who experiments with suicide in VR, as well as Saturnism, an adaptation of the famous Goya painting “Saturn Devouring His Son.”
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