chrysolite
English
Etymology
From Middle English crisolite, from Old French crisolite, from Medieval Latin crisolitus, Latin chrȳsolithus, from Ancient Greek χρῡσόλιθος (khrūsólithos), from χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”). Surface analysis chryso- (“pertaining to gold”) + -lite (“pertaining to rocks, minerals”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɪs.əˌlaɪt/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɹɪs.əˌlaɪt/
Noun
chrysolite (countable and uncountable, plural chrysolites)
- (mineralogy) Originally, any of various green-coloured gems; later specifically peridot.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970, partition II, section 4, member 1, subsection iii:
- Fran. Rueus […] say as much of the chrysolite, a friend of wisdome, an enemy to folly.
- 1920, H. P. Lovecraft, The Doom that Came to Sarnath:
- And before he died, Taran-Ish had scrawled upon the altar of chrysolite with coarse shaky strokes the sign of DOOM.
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- A piece of such stone.
- 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 155:
- A piece of marigold or bay leaf was imbedded in the metal, and over it a carbuncle or chrysolite was placed.
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Translations
a gemstone
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Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2023), “Chrysolite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
- “chrysolite”, in Mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2023.
Anagrams
- chrysotile
French
Etymology
From Latin chrȳsolithus, from Ancient Greek χρυσόλιθος (khrusólithos), from χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”) + λίθος (líthos, “rock”). See also Old French crisolite.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁi.zɔ.lit/
Noun
chrysolite f (plural chrysolites)
- (mineralogy) chrysolite [from c. 1600]
- (obsolete) gems such as chrysoberyl, sapphire, topaz, or tourmaline (any of various gemstones with a golden, and especially greenish) tint [until 19th century]
- peridot, prehnite, or apatite
Alternative forms
- chrysolithe
Synonyms
- (peridot): chrysolite des volcans
- (prehnite): chrysolite du Cap
- (apatite): chrysolithe ordinaire
Further reading
- “chrysolite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Noun
chrȳsolite
- vocative singular of chrȳsolitus