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sylvanite

noun

Etymology

From sylvan + -ite, since it can be found in Transylvania.

  1. derived from ῡ̔́λη
  2. derived from *sel-✻
  3. derived from silvanus
  4. borrowed from sylvain
  5. borrowed from sylvanus
  6. suffixed as sylvanite — “sylvan + ite”

Definitions

  1. Silver gold telluride, a soft metallic mineral ranging in color from steely gray to…

    Silver gold telluride, a soft metallic mineral ranging in color from steely gray to almost white.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sylvanite. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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