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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
oleum /ˈəʊlɪəm/

▶noun a dense, corrosive liquid consisting of concentrated sulphuric acid containing excess sulphur trioxide in solution.

– origin early 20th cent.: from L., lit. ‘oil’.

'oleum' also found in these Oxford entries:

canola - indole - lanolin - linoleum - oil - -ol - -ole - oleic acid - oleo- - petroleum - pyrrole

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