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ampelite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
am-pelite
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An earth abounding in pyrites, used by the Ancients Greeks as a pesticide on vines.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

A carbonaceous alum schist.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin ampelitis, from Ancient Greek ἀμπελῖτις (ampelîtis, “of or for vines”), from ἄμπελος (ámpelos, “vine”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ἀμπελῖτις

Usage

Inflected Forms

ampelites (plural)

Derived Forms

ampelitic

Questions

What does ampelite mean?
An earth abounding in pyrites, used by the Ancients Greeks as a pesticide on vines.
Where does ampelite come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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