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essonite

essonite is the alternative spelling of hessonite.

Meaning of hessonite

Noun

hessonite (plural hessonites)

  1. An orange, cinnamon, or pinkish garnet.

Forms of essonite

pluralessonites

Origin of essonite

Named from Ancient Greek ἥσσων (hḗssōn, “inferior”), because not so hard as some minerals it resembles (e.g. hyacinth).

Questions about essonite

What is essonite the alternative spelling of?
Essonite is the alternative spelling of hessonite.

Words near essonite in the dictionary

  1. essoiner
  2. essoiners
  3. essoining
  4. essoinment
  5. essoins
  6. essonite
  7. essonites
  8. Essonne
  9. essorant
  10. Essouan
  11. essoyne

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Adapted from Wiktionary: essonite (page history and authors); hessonite (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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