alembroth

noun

1. The "salt of wisdom" of the alchemists, a double salt composed of the chlorides of ammonium and mercury, formerly used as a stimulant.

   obsolete, uncountable

   It contains about 2500 inhabitants, parations of alembroth salt, given by the old writers of is a marquisate, and has 13 parishes belonging to its district

   1802–1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopædia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature

Where it comes from

From post-classical Latin alembrottus, likely derived from an Arabic term; further etymology uncertain.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry alembroth (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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