† pyrrholiten.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Greek πυρρο- , -lite comb. form¹.

Etymology: < ancient Greek πυρρο- (see pyrrhocorax n.) + -lite comb. form¹, after French pyrholite ( A. Dufrénoy Traité de minéralogie (1847) III. 778). N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (pi·rŏləit) /ˈpɪrəlaɪt/.

Mineralogy. Obsolete. rare.

A reddish mineral of the pinite group consisting of an aluminosilicate of calcium and potassium. Cf. polyargite n.

ΚΠ

1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 480 The name Pyrrholite has been given to a reddish lamellar mineral from Tunaberg [in Sweden], which is very similar to polyargite.

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

单词	pyrrholite
释义	† pyrrholiten. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: Greek πυρρο- , -lite comb. form¹. Etymology: < ancient Greek πυρρο- (see pyrrhocorax n.) + -lite comb. form¹, after French pyrholite ( A. Dufrénoy Traité de minéralogie (1847) III. 778). N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (pi·rŏləit) /ˈpɪrəlaɪt/. Mineralogy. Obsolete. rare. A reddish mineral of the pinite group consisting of an aluminosilicate of calcium and potassium. Cf. polyargite n. ΚΠ 1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 480 The name Pyrrholite has been given to a reddish lamellar mineral from Tunaberg [in Sweden], which is very similar to polyargite. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1868
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