Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rhyolithic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rhy-olith-ic
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of rhyolitic: composed of or related to rhyolite.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"The eruptive masses of the Taupo zone consist of lava (the richest known) of silicious earth, also of rhyolithic rocks of all kinds."
"According to M. Vélain, the island originally rose above the ocean as a mass of rhyolithic trachyte similar to that which still forms the Nine Pin rock to the north of the entrance to the crater."

Etymology

From German Rhyolith (“rhyolite”) + -ic, presumably under influence from -lithic.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Rhyolith

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more rhyolithic (comparative) most rhyolithic (superlative)

Questions

What does rhyolithic mean?: Alternative form of rhyolitic: composed of or related to rhyolite.
Where does rhyolithic come from?: It is traced to German.

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