onychiten.

Brit.

/ˈɒnᵻkʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈɑnəˌkaɪt/

Forms: 1600s onychate, 1600s 1800s– onychite.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin onychites; Greek ὀνυχίτης.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin onychites or its etymon Hellenistic Greek ὀνυχίτης onychites n.

Now rare.

= onyx marble n. at onyx n. and adj. Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > marble > with structure like onyx

onychite1651

onyx marble1862

stalagmite marble1895

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [noun] > marble > variegated

onychites1569

rance1605

onychite1651

brocatello1728

brocatelle1756

pavonazzetto1793

cipolin1798

pavonazzo1816

saveloy marble1839

Algerian onyx1856

onyx marble1862

1651 W. Davenant Gondibert ii. vi. 45 From Paros' isle was brought the milky white [marble]..From Araby, the blushing onychite.

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. §1. 289 The Onychate. Betwixt an Onyx and an Achate. Composed not of Zones, Balls, but of Plates, perspicuous and ash-colour'd, mixed.

1839 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 2 434/2 Onyx, or Onychite..appears to have been a species of oriental alabaster, nearly resembling phengite.

1862 Atlantic Monthly Nov. 562/2 The land whose mural heights are onychites and mocha-stones of mossy mystery.

1918 A. Lowell Can Grande's Castle iv. 142 The city rounds for fourteen great miles; fourteen miles of onychite, and porphyry, and marble.

1951 M. L. Wolf Dict. Arts 478/2 Onychite, in sculpture, a variety of alabaster or calcite (stalagmite) with yellow and brown veins.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	onychite
释义	onychiten. Brit. /ˈɒnᵻkʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈɑnəˌkaɪt/ Forms: 1600s onychate, 1600s 1800s– onychite. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin onychites; Greek ὀνυχίτης. Etymology: < post-classical Latin onychites or its etymon Hellenistic Greek ὀνυχίτης onychites n. Now rare. = onyx marble n. at onyx n. and adj. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > marble > with structure like onyx onychite1651 onyx marble1862 stalagmite marble1895 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [noun] > marble > variegated onychites1569 rance1605 onychite1651 brocatello1728 brocatelle1756 pavonazzetto1793 cipolin1798 pavonazzo1816 saveloy marble1839 Algerian onyx1856 onyx marble1862 1651 W. Davenant Gondibert ii. vi. 45 From Paros' isle was brought the milky white [marble]..From Araby, the blushing onychite. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. §1. 289 The Onychate. Betwixt an Onyx and an Achate. Composed not of Zones, Balls, but of Plates, perspicuous and ash-colour'd, mixed. 1839 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 2 434/2 Onyx, or Onychite..appears to have been a species of oriental alabaster, nearly resembling phengite. 1862 Atlantic Monthly Nov. 562/2 The land whose mural heights are onychites and mocha-stones of mossy mystery. 1918 A. Lowell Can Grande's Castle iv. 142 The city rounds for fourteen great miles; fourteen miles of onychite, and porphyry, and marble. 1951 M. L. Wolf Dict. Arts 478/2 Onychite, in sculpture, a variety of alabaster or calcite (stalagmite) with yellow and brown veins. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1651
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