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argentry en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒəntɹi/

Etymology

From French argenterie, from argent (“silver”), from Latin argentum.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, uncountable) Silver material, or silverness in color.
    • bowls of frosted argentry 1655, James Howell, “The Vote”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC: