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pyritous

pyritous adjective: pyritic.

Adjective

pyritous

  1. (dated) pyritic

Origin of pyritous

From pyrite + -ous.

Questions about pyritous

What does pyritous mean?
Pyritous means pyritic.
What part of speech is pyritous?
Pyritous is an adjective.

Words near pyritous in the dictionary

  1. pyritohedrons
  2. pyritoid
  3. pyritoids
  4. pyritology
  5. pyritose
  6. pyritous
  7. pyrity
  8. pyrizhky
  9. Pyrmont
  10. pyro
  11. pyro-

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