pyriten.

Brit.

/ˈpʌɪrʌɪt/, U.S.

/ˈpaɪˌraɪt/

Forms: late Middle English–1500s pirite, late Middle English–1600s pirrite, 1500s–1600s pyrit, 1500s– pyrite.

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

Etymology: < classical Latin pyrītēs pyrites n. Compare French pyrite (1690; also Anglo-Norman and Old French pirite (first half of the 13th cent.)). With pyrite stone compare Hellenistic Greek πυρίτης λίθος (classical Latin lapis pyrītēs ). Compare earlier pyrites n.

†1. Also pyrite stone. = pyrites n. 1. Obsolete.In later use, as scientific knowledge of minerals developed, not always distinguishable from sense 2.

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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > flint or steel

flinta700

firestoneeOE

pyritesOE

steelc1220

fire ironc1300

pyrite stonec1475

fire striker1483

furisonc1540

fusil1580

fire steel1585

flintstone1585

tindern iron1586

marcasite1682

briquet1823

fleerish1825

strike-a-light1870

c1475 Court of Sapience (Trin. Cambr.) (1927) 1053 (MED) The Pirrite stone, anone the whyche brennyth vs Wythyn owre hand, yef we hym presse aryght.

a1500 in J. Evans & M. S. Serjeantson Eng. Mediaeval Lapidaries (1933) 116 (MED) Pirite is a stone, þat whoso draweþ him he will not abyd with him..& he most hold it softly in his honde; & yf a man streyn him hard he wol bren his hond.

1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 17^v The Pirrite must with easie hand..enholden be.

1589 R. Greene Ciceronis Amor 2 A Pyrit stone, which handled softly is as colde as ice, but pressed betweene the fingers burneth like fire.

1657 J. Rowland tr. J. Johnstone Hist. Wonderful Things of Nature iv. xxvi. 117 Gold..is found in its proper vein, and in stones that are of shining white; also in the true Pyrite, and sometimes in stones of iron.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 41/2 The Pirrite is a kind of stone yellow, like to the flame of fire, and in quailty almost all one with the fire: it is soon set on fire and sparkleth.

2. Mineralogy. Originally: †any of various sulphide and arsenide minerals with a metallic lustre (obsolete). In later use: spec. an iron sulphide mineral occurring very widely in many types of rock, often as brassy-yellow crystals with a metallic lustre, or in massive, globular, or granular aggregates. Cf. pyrites n. 2.Pyrite is a form of iron disulphide, FeS₂, dimorphous with marcasite. Crystal system: cubic.

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the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphides and related minerals > [noun] > pyrite group > pyrite

firestone1440

pyrites1567

mundic1662

maxy1671

pyrite1741

magistral1824

fool's gold1828

brass1829

1741 tr. J. A. Cramer Elements Art of assaying Metals ii. lxix. 396 Arsenick..may be produced..if a sulphureous Pyrite [L. Pyrites Sulphureus] is intermixed with a white Arsenick one.

1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. I i. 90 Hence sable Coal his massy couch extends, And stars of gold the sparkling Pyrite blends.

1848 Sci. Amer. 22 Jan. 139/2 That very common mineral, sulphuret of iron... This valueless pyrite.

1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 63 The pyrite of most gold regions is auriferous.

1929 W. F. Foshag in G. P. Merrill Minerals from Earth & Sky ii. iv. 278 Pyrite, a sulphide of iron..is hard, brittle, and of a lustrous brassy-yellow color.

1961 J. Stubblefield Davies's Introd. Palaeontol. (ed. 3) xii. 255 Hard organic tissues..may be replaced by pyrite (as with graptolites..), or by calcite or silica (as in plant petrifactions).

1992 Canad. Geographic Jan. 62/1 They found the ‘mountain of gold’ to be outcroppings of the yellow mineral pyrite, or fool's gold.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pyrite
释义	pyriten. Brit. /ˈpʌɪrʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈpaɪˌraɪt/ Forms: late Middle English–1500s pirite, late Middle English–1600s pirrite, 1500s–1600s pyrit, 1500s– pyrite. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pyrītēs. Etymology: < classical Latin pyrītēs pyrites n. Compare French pyrite (1690; also Anglo-Norman and Old French pirite (first half of the 13th cent.)). With pyrite stone compare Hellenistic Greek πυρίτης λίθος (classical Latin lapis pyrītēs ). Compare earlier pyrites n. †1. Also pyrite stone. = pyrites n. 1. Obsolete.In later use, as scientific knowledge of minerals developed, not always distinguishable from sense 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > flint or steel flinta700 firestoneeOE pyritesOE steelc1220 fire ironc1300 pyrite stonec1475 fire striker1483 furisonc1540 fusil1580 fire steel1585 flintstone1585 tindern iron1586 marcasite1682 briquet1823 fleerish1825 strike-a-light1870 c1475 Court of Sapience (Trin. Cambr.) (1927) 1053 (MED) The Pirrite stone, anone the whyche brennyth vs Wythyn owre hand, yef we hym presse aryght. a1500 in J. Evans & M. S. Serjeantson Eng. Mediaeval Lapidaries (1933) 116 (MED) Pirite is a stone, þat whoso draweþ him he will not abyd with him..& he most hold it softly in his honde; & yf a man streyn him hard he wol bren his hond. 1567 J. Maplet Greene Forest f. 17^v The Pirrite must with easie hand..enholden be. 1589 R. Greene Ciceronis Amor 2 A Pyrit stone, which handled softly is as colde as ice, but pressed betweene the fingers burneth like fire. 1657 J. Rowland tr. J. Johnstone Hist. Wonderful Things of Nature iv. xxvi. 117 Gold..is found in its proper vein, and in stones that are of shining white; also in the true Pyrite, and sometimes in stones of iron. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 41/2 The Pirrite is a kind of stone yellow, like to the flame of fire, and in quailty almost all one with the fire: it is soon set on fire and sparkleth. 2. Mineralogy. Originally: †any of various sulphide and arsenide minerals with a metallic lustre (obsolete). In later use: spec. an iron sulphide mineral occurring very widely in many types of rock, often as brassy-yellow crystals with a metallic lustre, or in massive, globular, or granular aggregates. Cf. pyrites n. 2.Pyrite is a form of iron disulphide, FeS₂, dimorphous with marcasite. Crystal system: cubic. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphides and related minerals > [noun] > pyrite group > pyrite firestone1440 pyrites1567 mundic1662 maxy1671 pyrite1741 magistral1824 fool's gold1828 brass1829 1741 tr. J. A. Cramer Elements Art of assaying Metals ii. lxix. 396 Arsenick..may be produced..if a sulphureous Pyrite [L. Pyrites Sulphureus] is intermixed with a white Arsenick one. 1791 E. Darwin Bot. Garden: Pt. I i. 90 Hence sable Coal his massy couch extends, And stars of gold the sparkling Pyrite blends. 1848 Sci. Amer. 22 Jan. 139/2 That very common mineral, sulphuret of iron... This valueless pyrite. 1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 63 The pyrite of most gold regions is auriferous. 1929 W. F. Foshag in G. P. Merrill Minerals from Earth & Sky ii. iv. 278 Pyrite, a sulphide of iron..is hard, brittle, and of a lustrous brassy-yellow color. 1961 J. Stubblefield Davies's Introd. Palaeontol. (ed. 3) xii. 255 Hard organic tissues..may be replaced by pyrite (as with graptolites..), or by calcite or silica (as in plant petrifactions). 1992 Canad. Geographic Jan. 62/1 They found the ‘mountain of gold’ to be outcroppings of the yellow mineral pyrite, or fool's gold. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1475
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