mercurous

1. 1.

   of or containing mercury

   Synonymsmercuric

   chemistry

Questions about mercurous

What does mercurous mean?

mercurous means "of or containing mercury".

How many syllables are in mercurous?

mercurous has 3 syllables: mer-cu-rous. The stress falls on "mer".

What is another word for mercurous?

Close synonyms include mercuric. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mercurous a common word?

mercurous is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.