marcasite
Meaning of marcasite
noun
a semi-precious stone consisting of iron pyrites.
late Middle English: from medieval Latin marcasita, from Arabic marqašīṯa, from Persian.
Information about marcasite
- It is a name.
- The plural form of marcasite is: marcasites.
- Languages in which marcasite is used:
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Hyphenation of marcasite
mar-c-a-site
- It consists of 4 syllables and 9 chars.
- marcasite is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
Words that rhyme with marcasite
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