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sapphirine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sap-phirine
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rare silicate of magnesium and aluminium (with iron as a major impurity), named for its sapphirelike colour.

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Of, pertaining to, or resembling sapphire

Etymology

From sapphire + -ine.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

sapphirines (plural) more sapphirine (comparative) most sapphirine (superlative)

Phrases

sapphirine gurnard

Questions

What does sapphirine mean?
A rare silicate of magnesium and aluminium (with iron as a major impurity), named for its sapphirelike colour.
Where does sapphirine come from?
From sapphire + -ine.

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