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bowieite

bowieite noun: a rhodium-iridium-platinum sulfide mineral.

Noun (1)

bowieite (uncountable)

  1. A rhodium-iridium-platinum sulfide mineral.

Noun (2) capitalized: Bowieite

Bowieite (plural Bowieites)

  1. A fan of English musician and actor David Bowie (1947–2016).
    • The glam following at Pip's led by a posse of Bowieites who were moving very cautiously towards punk, preferred a touch of showbiz flash and banter, while the more serious punks, to whom flash and banter was anathema, favoured the low key approach of Joy Division.2009, Lindsay Reade, The Life of Ian Curtis: Torn Apart, Omnibus Press, →ISBN

Forms of bowieite

pluralBowieites

Origin of bowieite

From Bowie + -ite, after Scottish geologist Stanley Bowie (1917–2008).

From (David) Bowie + -ite.

Questions about bowieite

What does bowieite mean?
Bowieite means a rhodium-iridium-platinum sulfide mineral.
What part of speech is bowieite?
Bowieite is a noun.
What is the plural of bowieite?
The plural of bowieite is Bowieites.

Words near bowieite in the dictionary

  1. Bowie County
  2. bowie knife
  3. bowie knives
  4. bowie-knife
  5. Bowiean
  6. bowieite
  7. Bowieites
  8. bowies
  9. Bowiesque
  10. bowing
  11. bowing acquaintance

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