an|ti|mo|ny

an|ti|mo|ny «AN tuh _MOH nee», noun.

a brittle, hard, metallic chemical element with a bright, silvery, crystalline texture. Antimony is used chiefly in alloys to make them harder, and its compounds are used to make medicines, pigments, and glass. It is found chiefly in combination, especially in stibnite.

╂[< Medieval Latin antimonium]