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thunderegg

noun

Etymology

From thunder + egg.

  1. derived from *h₂eḱ-✻ — “sharp”
  2. derived from *agjō✻ — “a corner; an edge”
  3. derived from eggja — “to incite, egg on”
  4. inherited from eggian — “to egg, excite”
  5. inherited from eggen — “to urge on; to entice, incite, lure, tempt; to encourage, exhort, stimulate; (reflexive) to bestir (oneself); to challenge, taunt; to enrage, irritate”
  6. compounded as thunderegg — “thunder + egg”

Definitions

  1. A roughly spherical, nodule-like geological structure, similar to a geode, that is formed…

    A roughly spherical, nodule-like geological structure, similar to a geode, that is formed within a rhyolitic lava flow.

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