单词 | penninite |
释义 | penninite in British English (ˈpɛnɪˌnaɪt) or pennine (ˈpɛnaɪn) noun a bluish-green variety of chlorite occurring in the form of thick crystals Word origin C20: from German Pennin Pennine (Alps) + -ite1penninite in American English (ˈpenəˌnait) noun Mineralogy a member of the chlorite group, rhombohedral in habit Also: pennine (ˈpenɪn, -ain) Word origin [1865–70; ‹ G Pennin (after the pennine alps) + -ite1]This word is first recorded in the period 1865–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: batting average, black belt, springboard, steamroller, tick-tack-toe-ite is a suffix of nouns denoting esp. persons associated with a place, tribe, leader,doctrine, system, etc. (Campbellite; Israelite; laborite); minerals and fossils (ammonite; anthracite); explosives (cordite; dynamite); chemical compounds, esp. salts of acids whose names end in -ous (phosphite; sulfite); pharmaceutical and commercial products (vulcanite); a member or component of a part of the body (somite)Examples of 'penninite' in a sentence |
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