essonite

English

Etymology

Named from Ancient Greek ἥσσων (hḗssōn, “inferior”), because not so hard as some minerals it resembles (e.g. hyacinth).

Noun

essonite (plural essonites)

  1. (mineralogy) Cinnamon stone, a variety of garnet.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “essonite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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Italian

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἥσσων (hḗssōn, “inferior”) +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /es.soˈni.te/
  • Rhymes: -ite
  • Hyphenation: es‧so‧nì‧te

Noun

essonite f (uncountable)

  1. (mineralogy) essonite, cinnamon stone (reddish-brown variety of garnet)
    Synonym: giacinto di Ceylon
    Hypernym: grossularia
    Coordinate terms: granato bianco, succinite

Further reading
  • essonite in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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