Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

epidote

/ˈɛp.ɪˌdoʊt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.53 in modern English

Syllables: epi-dote
IPA: /ˈɛp.ɪˌdoʊt/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a class of mixed calcium iron aluminium sorosilicates found in metamorphic rocks.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"A little higher is an outcrop of epidote schist with quartz, carbonate, and magnetite."
"1990, Andrew P. Barth, Chapter 3: Mid-crustal emplacement of Mesozoic plutons, San Gabriel Mountains, California, and implications for the geologic history of the San Gabriel terrane, J. Lawford Anderson (editor), The Nature and Origin of Cordilleran Magmatism, Memoir 174: The Nature and Origin of Cordilleran Magmatism, The Geological Society of America, page 36, Available compositional data for magmatic epidotes (Naney, 1983; Zen and Hammarstrom, 1984; Barth, unpublished data) suggest no significant solid solution beyond the epidote-clinozoisite binary."
"Epidote is found in greenstone belts and many metamorphic rocks such as gneiss and schist, and is hence fairly widespread."

Etymology

Borrowed from French épidote.

Usage

Inflected Forms

epidotes (plural)

Derived Forms

epidotic epidotize

Questions

How do you pronounce epidote?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛp.ɪˌdoʊt/.
What does epidote mean?: Any of a class of mixed calcium iron aluminium sorosilicates found in metamorphic rocks.
Where does epidote come from?: Borrowed from French épidote.

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