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pyritous, a.|ˈpaɪərɪtəs, pɪˈraɪtəs|
[f. pyrit-es + -ous; in F. pyriteux.]
Of, of the nature of, or containing pyrites; characterizing, or characterized by the presence of, pyrites.
1756C. Lucas Ess. Waters II. 180 More or less of the pyritous smell is generally perceptible. 1794Sullivan View Nat. II. 112 All pit coal is more or less pyritous. 1839Ure Dict. Arts 337 Pyritous Copper; Kupferkies; a metallic looking substance, of a bronze-yellow colour. 1852Th. Ross Humboldt's Trav. I. vi. 235 Ravines, of which the pyritous strata have borne for ages the imposing names of ‘Minas de oro!’ 1881E. M. Boddy Hist. Salt iv. 34 Those sulphates so prevalent in the..pyritous beds of the Lias. |