Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

troostite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: troos-t-ite
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The mineral willemite with manganese.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Troost + -ite, after Dr. Gerard Troost of Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Troost

Usage

Inflected Forms

troostites (plural)

Derived Forms

troostitic

Questions

What does troostite mean?: The mineral willemite with manganese.
Where does troostite come from?: From Troost + -ite, after Dr. Gerard Troost of Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

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