Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oolitic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

Syllables: oolitic
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Made up of, or containing oolites

adj

Of a prehistoric era; Jurassic.

Dated; Obsolete

noun

noun

A prehistoric era; the Jurassic.

Dated; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Masses of white, finely oolitic rock are attached to the outside of some of these coated pebbles."
"These mines occur in the same ridge in which, about 120 miles to the northward, and subsequently in their more immediate neighborhood, we discovered the fossils belonging to the oolitic period"

Etymology

From oolite + -ic.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: oolite

Usage

Inflected Forms

more oolitic (comparative) most oolitic (superlative) oolitics (plural)

Derived Forms

nonoolitic

Questions

What does oolitic mean?: Made up of, or containing oolites
Where does oolitic come from?: From oolite + -ic.

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