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asphaltite

noun

Etymology

From asphalt + -ite?

  1. derived from ἄσφαλτος — “asphalt, bitumen”
  2. derived from asphaltum
  3. suffixed as asphaltite — “asphalt + ite”

Definitions

  1. Any of various bitumens containing asphaltenes.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA