Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

petrosilex

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pet-rosilex
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

noun

A fine-grained, silica-rich rock composed of quartz and sometimes other minerals, similar to the chemical structure of hornstone but having a different texture.

Example Sentences

"Petrosilex has given rise to different ."
"The name simple petrosilex seems to have been confined to the more apparenttly homogeneous felsites, while the term porphyritic petrosilex was given to those rocks supposed to have a base of simple petrosilex or of felsparoid which held enclosed porphyritic crystals."
"A brief history of the word felsite and its synonyms in different countries (petrosilex, eurite, and ha:lleflinta) will serve to illustrate the unfitness of it and these allied terms for exact petrographical usage."

Etymology

From petro- + silex.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: petro-
Suffix: silex

Inflected Forms

petrosilexes (plural)

Questions

What does petrosilex mean?: felsite
Where does petrosilex come from?: From petro- + silex.

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