Azoth Definition

ăzŏth, -ôth

noun

Mercury considered in alchemy to be the primary source of all metals.

American Heritage

The metal mercury; quicksilver.

Webster's New World

Paracelsus' universal remedy.

Webster's New World

(alchemy) The first principle of metals, that is, mercury, which was formerly supposed to exist in all metals, and to be extractable from them.

Wiktionary

The universal remedy of Paracelsus.

Wiktionary

Origin of Azoth

Middle English azoc from Old French from Arabic az-zā’uq the mercury al- the zā’uq mercury (from Syriac zīwag) (of Iranian origin gwei- in Indo-European roots)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Andalusian Arabic الزُوقْ, from Arabic الزّاوُوق (az-zāwūq).

From Wiktionary

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