Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

russellite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rus-sel-lite
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing bismuth, oxygen, and tungsten.

Uncountable

noun

A follower of Sir Thomas Russell, 1st Baronet (1841–1920), Irish politician and agrarian agitator.

noun

A follower of Charles Taze Russell (1852–1916), Christian restorationist minister from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, and founder of what is now known as the Bible Student movement.

Example Sentences

"When Malone next looked round he was gone. "He is one of these Second-coming fanatics," he whispered to Enid. There are a lot of them—Christadelphians, Russellites, Bible Students and what-not."

Etymology

Named after British mineral collector Sir Arthur Edward Ian Montague Russell (1878–1964), who held the mineral in his collection before it was donated for analysis, + -ite.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ite, Russell

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Russellites (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Russellian

Questions

What does russellite mean?: An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing bismuth, oxygen, and tungsten.
Where does russellite come from?: Named after British mineral collector Sir Arthur Edward Ian Montague Russell (1878–1964), who held the mineral in his collection before it was donated for analysis, + -ite.

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