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Gerhard Dorn and John French

A Chymical Dictionary

An Expanded Diotimos Lexicon of Paracelsian and Alchemical Language

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Missadam

Metals minerals and metallic preparations · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. An alternative name for quicksilver.

In the book. Myssadar likewise points to mercury.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 33; facsimile PDF page 361.

Historical Definition

Missadam is quicksilver.

Meaning

The compiler gives a direct equivalent, without a qualification of source, colour or degree of preparation. The word is useful as a route of recognition within a changing vocabulary.

Use in the Book

Myssadar likewise points to mercury. Luna compacta and Metallum currens provide other names, whereas qualified Mercurius entries can refer to different preparations or conditions. The reader should not transfer an added qualification into the plain Missadam equivalence.

Places to Read

Myssadar. An alternative name for mercury.

Luna compacta. A lunar compound assigned to quicksilver.

Metallum currens. Quicksilver under the name running metal.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 33; facsimile PDF page 361 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 361, Missadam

See also. Myssadar; Luna compacta; Metallum currens

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The complete 706 historical definitions of the 1650 English dictionary, modernised and accompanied by expanded Diotimos commentary, reading routes, 15 textual notes and complete linked indexes.

Historical Text

A Chymicall Dictionary, London 1650, English version associated with John French, based on Gerhard Dorn’s Dictionarium Theophrasti Paracelsi. The containing volume also prints Sendivogius and Paracelsus; neither neighboring work changes this dictionary’s attribution.

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Complete 706 definition paragraphs with new introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes; Diotimos Editions, 2026.

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