fletcherite
fletcherite noun: an isometric-hexoctahedral steel gray mineral containing cobalt, copper, nickel, and sulfur.
Noun (1)
fletcherite (usually uncountable, plural fletcherites)
Noun (2) capitalized: Fletcherite
Fletcherite (plural Fletcherites)
- A practitioner of Horace Fletcher's theories, especially regarding the extremely thorough chewing of food.
- Now I submit that the Fletcherite bowel, which at its fullest is practically empty, and at its most septic is practically microbe-free, approximates so nearly to the condition of the foetal bowel, that if the absorption of undestroyed trypsin is credible in the one case it is credible in the other.1907, Caleb Williams Saleeby, The Conquest of Cancer, F. A. Stokes Company, page 72
- Their contents would have made the weariest Fletcherite drool at the mouth and forget his number of chews.1913 September, T. N. Buckingham, “Bob White, Down 't Aberdeen”, in Field and Stream, volume 18, number 5, page 458
- Synonyms:
- Fletcherist
Synonyms of fletcherite
Forms of fletcherite
| plural | fletcherites |
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| plural | Fletcherites |
Origin of fletcherite
From Fletcher + -ite.
From Fletcher + -ite, named after Horace Fletcher.
Questions about fletcherite
- What does fletcherite mean?
- Fletcherite means an isometric-hexoctahedral steel gray mineral containing cobalt, copper, nickel, and sulfur.
- What part of speech is fletcherite?
- Fletcherite is a noun.
- What is the plural of fletcherite?
- The plural of fletcherite is fletcherites.
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