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chrysolite

UK/ˈkɹɪs.əˌlaɪt/US/ˈkɹɪs.əˌlaɪt/

chrysolite noun: originally, any of various green-coloured gems; later specifically peridot.

Noun

chrysolite (countable and uncountable, plural chrysolites)

  1. Originally, any of various green-coloured gems; later specifically peridot.
    • Fran. Rueus[…]say as much of the chrysolite, a friend of wisdome, an enemy to folly.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...
    • And before he died, Taran-Ish had scrawled upon the altar of chrysolite with coarse shaky strokes the sign of DOOM.1920, H. P. Lovecraft, The Doom that Came to Sarnath

chrysolite meaning in Arabic and Indonesian

chrysolite in Arabic

a gemstone
زَبَرْجَد zabarjad

chrysolite in Indonesian

a gemstone
krisolit, zabarjad

Forms of chrysolite

pluralchrysolites

Origin of chrysolite

From Middle English crisolite, from Old French crisolite, from Medieval Latin crisolitus, Latin chrȳsolithus, from Ancient Greek χρῡσόλιθος (khrūsólithos), from χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”). By surface analysis, chryso- (“pertaining to gold”) + -lite (“pertaining to rocks, minerals”).

Words formed from chrysolite

  • chrysolite of Brazil
  • chrysolitic
  • iron chrysolite
  • iron manganese chrysolite
  • titaniferous chrysolite
  • white chrysolite

Questions about chrysolite

What does chrysolite mean?
Chrysolite means originally, any of various green-coloured gems; later specifically peridot.
What is chrysolite in Arabic?
Chrysolite in Arabic is زَبَرْجَد (zabarjad). See Chrysolite meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is chrysolite?
Chrysolite is a noun.
How do you pronounce chrysolite?
Chrysolite is pronounced /ˈkɹɪs.əˌlaɪt/ (UK).
What is the plural of chrysolite?
The plural of chrysolite is chrysolites.

Words near chrysolite in the dictionary

  1. chrysoidine
  2. chrysoidines
  3. chrysoine resorcinol
  4. chrysolaminaran
  5. chrysolaminarin
  6. chrysolite
  7. chrysolites
  8. chrysolitic
  9. chrysology
  10. chrysom
  11. chrysome

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