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elaterite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ela-terite
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The mineral wurtzilite.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From New Latin elatēr, from Ancient Greek ἐλατήρ (elatḗr, “driver, that which drives away”) + -ite.

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Inflected Forms

elaterites (plural)

Questions

What does elaterite mean?
The mineral wurtzilite.
Where does elaterite come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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