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delvauxite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
del-vaux-ite
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A yellow or brown amorphous mineral, sometimes forming a botryoidal mass or stalactites.

Etymology

Borrowed from French delvauxite, from J S P J Delvaux de Feuffe (1782-1863), Belgian chemist, + -ite.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

delvauxites (plural)

Synonyms

borickite

Questions

What does delvauxite mean?
A yellow or brown amorphous mineral, sometimes forming a botryoidal mass or stalactites.
Where does delvauxite come from?
It is traced to French.

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