Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

picrolite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pi-cro-lite
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fibrous variety of serpentine, possibly antigorite.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πικρός (pikrós, “bitter”) + -lite: compare French picrolithe.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: lite

Usage

Inflected Forms

picrolites (plural)

Questions

What does picrolite mean?: A fibrous variety of serpentine, possibly antigorite.
Where does picrolite come from?: From Ancient Greek πικρός (pikrós, “bitter”) + -lite: compare French picrolithe.

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