† melaniten.¹

Forms:

α. Middle English melantes, Middle English melautes, Middle English mellaunt, Middle English melotes.

β. 1500s melanite.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin melanites.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin melanites gem emitting honied juice (Isidore, a636), corresponding to classical Latin melitites (lapis ) (in Pliny Nat. Hist. 36. 140; a variant reading is melitinus ) < Hellenistic Greek μελιτίτης (λίθος ) stone reputed to exude honey < ancient Greek μελιτ- , μέλι honey (see mell n.²) + -ίτης -ite suffix¹. In Middle English forms after the post-classical Latin variant melantes (from 12th cent. in British sources).Post-classical Latin melonites has frequently been taken to be a variant of melochites malachite n., following the comment of Albertus Magnus that melochites is called by some melonites.

Obsolete. rare.

An imaginary stone supposed to exude a honey-like substance.

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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 202^v Melautes [v.r. Melantes; L. Melantes] is a ston and haþ þat name for swete juys comeþ out þer of, as it were hony..and haþ tweye colours, for it is grene in þe one syde and liche to hony in þat oþer syde.

c1475 Court of Sapience (Trin. Cambr.) (1927) 1034 (MED) The Mellaunt, whos juse ys acceptyf, Swete as hony, in colour whyte and grene.

a1500 in J. Evans & M. S. Serjeantson Eng. Mediaeval Lapidaries (1933) 109 (MED) Melotes is a stone, & it haþe þat name for swetnes þat comeþ owte þerof, as wer hony, as Ised seyþ; & it haþe ij colours..gren on þat oone syde & lyke hony one þat oþer syde.

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 15 The Melanite is a Stone, which distilleth & droppeth that iuice which is verie sweete and honie like; wherfore it may well be called Melanite as you would say Honistone,..on the one side it is greene, on the other side yellow.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

melaniten.²

Brit.

/ˈmɛlənʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈmɛləˌnaɪt/

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Melanit.

Etymology: < German Melanit (A. G. Werner 1799, in L. A. Emmerlin Lehrb. der Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 172) < melano- melano- comb. form + -it -ite suffix¹.

Mineralogy.

A velvet-black variety of andradite garnet containing titanium.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > nesosilicates > [noun] > garnet > andradite

melanite1807

aplome1810

jellettite1853

andradite1868

bredbergite1868

1807 A. Aikin & C. R. Aikin Dict. Chem. & Mineral. II. 68 Melanite..black garnet.

1878 P. H. Lawrence tr. B. von Cotta Rocks Classified (new ed.) 34 Colophonite and Melanite are..chiefly distinguished by their colour and different degrees of transparency.

1929 W. F. Foshag in G. P. Merrill Minerals from Earth & Sky ii. iv. 244 Colophonite, a brown-black garnet, characterized by a resinous luster; and melanite, a black to yellow-brown kind.

1967 Amer. Mineralogist 52 780 Zr also has been reported in amounts up to a few weight percent in titanian andradite (melanite).

1993 Omni Oct. 120/2 A figure carved out of melanite, soot and ashes fused into a monolith.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† melaniten.³

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Melania , -ite suffix¹.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Melania, genus name (see melanian n.¹ and adj.²) + -ite suffix¹. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (me·lănəit) /ˈmɛlənaɪt/.

Palaeontology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

A fossil snail of the family Melaniidae (now called Thiaridae).

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. Melanite,..2. In conch., a fossil melanian.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

n.¹a1398

n.²1807

n.³1890

单词	melanite
释义	† melaniten.¹ Forms: α. Middle English melantes, Middle English melautes, Middle English mellaunt, Middle English melotes. β. 1500s melanite. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin melanites. Etymology: < post-classical Latin melanites gem emitting honied juice (Isidore, a636), corresponding to classical Latin melitites (lapis ) (in Pliny Nat. Hist. 36. 140; a variant reading is melitinus ) < Hellenistic Greek μελιτίτης (λίθος ) stone reputed to exude honey < ancient Greek μελιτ- , μέλι honey (see mell n.²) + -ίτης -ite suffix¹. In Middle English forms after the post-classical Latin variant melantes (from 12th cent. in British sources).Post-classical Latin melonites has frequently been taken to be a variant of melochites malachite n., following the comment of Albertus Magnus that melochites is called by some melonites. Obsolete. rare. An imaginary stone supposed to exude a honey-like substance. ΚΠ a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 202^v Melautes [v.r. Melantes; L. Melantes] is a ston and haþ þat name for swete juys comeþ out þer of, as it were hony..and haþ tweye colours, for it is grene in þe one syde and liche to hony in þat oþer syde. c1475 Court of Sapience (Trin. Cambr.) (1927) 1034 (MED) The Mellaunt, whos juse ys acceptyf, Swete as hony, in colour whyte and grene. a1500 in J. Evans & M. S. Serjeantson Eng. Mediaeval Lapidaries (1933) 109 (MED) Melotes is a stone, & it haþe þat name for swetnes þat comeþ owte þerof, as wer hony, as Ised seyþ; & it haþe ij colours..gren on þat oone syde & lyke hony one þat oþer syde. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 15 The Melanite is a Stone, which distilleth & droppeth that iuice which is verie sweete and honie like; wherfore it may well be called Melanite as you would say Honistone,..on the one side it is greene, on the other side yellow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020). melaniten.² Brit. /ˈmɛlənʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈmɛləˌnaɪt/ Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Melanit. Etymology: < German Melanit (A. G. Werner 1799, in L. A. Emmerlin Lehrb. der Mineral. (ed. 2) I. 172) < melano- melano- comb. form + -it -ite suffix¹. Mineralogy. A velvet-black variety of andradite garnet containing titanium. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > nesosilicates > [noun] > garnet > andradite melanite1807 aplome1810 jellettite1853 andradite1868 bredbergite1868 1807 A. Aikin & C. R. Aikin Dict. Chem. & Mineral. II. 68 Melanite..black garnet. 1878 P. H. Lawrence tr. B. von Cotta Rocks Classified (new ed.) 34 Colophonite and Melanite are..chiefly distinguished by their colour and different degrees of transparency. 1929 W. F. Foshag in G. P. Merrill Minerals from Earth & Sky ii. iv. 244 Colophonite, a brown-black garnet, characterized by a resinous luster; and melanite, a black to yellow-brown kind. 1967 Amer. Mineralogist 52 780 Zr also has been reported in amounts up to a few weight percent in titanian andradite (melanite). 1993 Omni Oct. 120/2 A figure carved out of melanite, soot and ashes fused into a monolith. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † melaniten.³ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Melania , -ite suffix¹. Etymology: < scientific Latin Melania, genus name (see melanian n.¹ and adj.²) + -ite suffix¹. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (me·lănəit) /ˈmɛlənaɪt/. Palaeontology. Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. A fossil snail of the family Melaniidae (now called Thiaridae). ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Melanite,..2. In conch., a fossil melanian. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.¹a1398n.²1807n.³1890
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