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sepiolite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables
se-pi-o-lite
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hydrated magnesium silicate, clay mineral used for carving into decorative articles and smoking pipes.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin sepia (“cuttlefish”) + -lite, from its resemblance to cuttlebone.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

sepiolites (plural)

Synonyms

meerschaum

Questions

What does sepiolite mean?
A hydrated magnesium silicate, clay mineral used for carving into decorative articles and smoking pipes.
Where does sepiolite come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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