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    [Noun]  | "amal*gam" | \ ə-ˈmal-gəm \


    1: a mixture of different elements

    2: an alloy of mercury with another metal that is solid or liquid at room temperature according to the proportion of mercury present and is used especially in making tooth cements


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Middle English amalgam, malgame "alloy of mercury with another metal," borrowed from Medieval Latin amalgama, borrowed from Arabic al maljam, al muljam, from al "the" + maljam, muljam, perhaps borrowed from Greek málagma "emollient," from malak-, stem of malássein "to soften" (derivative of malakós "soft') + -ma, resultative noun suffix {mat|mollify|};

      * Note : The origin of Medieval Latin amalgama has been the subject of speculation since at least the nineteenth century, with no conclusive results. The orientalist Marcel Devic (Dictionnaire étymologique des mots français d'origine orientale, Paris, 1876), based on a supposed variant algame, constructed an Arabic source which he rendered as ʽamal al-jamaʽa, with ʽamal translated as "practice (opposed to theory), work" ("pratique, œuvre") and jamaʽa as "conjunction, meeting" ("conjonction, réunion"), perhaps as an alteration of mujāmʽa, the whole meaning "the act of consummating a marriage" ("l'acte de consommation du mariage"). This, according to Devic, would be an appropriate alchemical metaphor for the joining of mercury with another metal. His etymology has been accepted, in the twentieth century, by the Französisches etymologisches Wörterbuch and Trésor de la langue française. The difficulty with this hypothesis, however—as already noted by the Oxford English Dictionary in 1884—is that no such collocation has ever been located in an Arabic text. A genuine Arabic predecessor of amalgama was pointed out by Julius Ruska in an alchemical text that he entitles "Book of the Missive of Jafʽar al-Ṣādiq on the Science of Art and the Noble Stone" ("Buch des Sendschreibens Ǵafʽar alṢādiqs über die Wissenschaft der Kunst und des edlen Steins," in Arabische Alchemisten II. Ǵafʽar alṢādiq, der sechste Imām, Heidelberg, 1924, pp. 72-73). The word used is muljam, while the process of amalgamating is iljam. Ruska notes that muljam in the sense "amalgam" is also found in the Arabic dictionary Lisān al-ʽArab by Ibn Manẓūr. Since the word cannot be parsed as the derivative of an Arabic root that is at all semantically apt, Ruska returns to the idea that it is a borrowing of Greek málagma "emollient" (also, in Latin texts, "poultice"), hypothesizing that it was borrowed as a medical and alchemical term via a Syriac intermediary. The argument against this conjecture has been that the semantic fit is poor, as a word meaning "emollient" or "poultice" has little evident connection to mercury alloys. Hence, if the Greek hypothesis is correct, a significant element still appears to lack elucidation.;

    [Noun]  | "amalgam" 


    1: a distinct entity formed by the combining of two or more different things;


      * e.g., " ... a church that is an amalgam of traditional and modern architectural styles "



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     [ "amalgam" ]

    1: A type of traditional dental filling material that is silver in colour and contains mercury as well as other metals such as silver and tin. There have been some health concerns regarding its use but is still considered to be an excellent filling material.

      * e.g.,  ... The dentist filled my decayed tooth with an amalgam filling 

     [ "amalgam" ]

    1: Shaken with mercury (or other semi-solid), separated and heated until she is a precious metal residue, as in Shakira's moving of body in her Hips Don't Lie video and her appearing covered in molten residue.

      * e.g.,  ... what an amalgam. shakira is frickin hot. I'd fo sho drink her dirty bath water. -said while watching the Hips Don't Lie video, J. Bell 8/4/2010 

     [ "amalgam" ]

    1: Shitting, cumming, and crying at the same time in a hot shower.

      * e.g.,  ... Before I hit the sack, I've gotta take an amalgam and let off some steam. 

     [ "amalgamate" ]

    1:  to merge into a single body

      * e.g.,  ... to write the bible, they had to amalgamate jewish scripture and christian thought 


     [ "amalgamate" ]

    2: to combine into an integrated or unified whole


     [ "amalgamate" ]

    3: to unite

     [ "amalgamation" ]

    1: A pretentious way of saying "combination" or "blend".

      * e.g.,  ... "Hey man! Look at the amalgamation of fruits and veggies that I made for this shake!" ".....Shut the fuck up, Jeremy." 

     [ "amalgamate" ]

    1: to unite in or as if in an amalgam; especially : to merge into a single body

      * e.g.,  ... I'm gonna amalgamate with jerry tonight! 

     [ "Amalgamate" ]

    1: Getting cocked

      * e.g.,  ... She likes him so much I think she is going to amalgamate him. 

     [ "Amalgamous" ]

    1: 1: Displaying persistent game.

      * e.g.,  ... "Yeah, that amalgamous cat's got a new girl every week." 


     [ "Amalgamous" ]

    2: 2: Embodying the term Player

      * e.g.,  ... "If I could only realize my dreams of being an amalgamous jerk maybe she would love me!" Alternate: "Oh, honey, you're wayyyy to amalgamous for me! Maybe if you showered..." 


     [ "Amalgamous" ]

    3: 3: (Alternative: Derisive/Sarcastic) A man who is gamey (stinks) Word derivation: A-Male-Game-Ous


     [ "Amalgamous" ]

    4: A male with much game

     [ "Amalgam feeling" ]

    1: The Amalgam feeling is a feeling you get in your stomach that makes you feel a bit sick, this feeling commonly occurs when you are roleplaying, and are very invested in that roleplay.

      * e.g.,  ... Oh Kitty i have the amalgam feeling again 

     [ "Amalgam" ]

    1: A mixture or a blend of various features.

      * e.g.,  ... A platypus is an amalgam of a bizarre and unique features. 

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