Dictionary

chrysolite en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈkɹɪs.əˌlaɪt/ (UK)
• /ˈkɹɪs.əˌlaɪt/ (US)

Etymology

From Middle English crisolite, from Old French crisolite, from Medieval Latin crisolitus, Latin chrȳsolithus, from Ancient Greek χρῡσόλιθος (khrūsólithos), from χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”). By surface analysis, chryso- (“pertaining to gold”) + -lite (“pertaining to rocks, minerals”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Originally, any of various green-coloured gems; later specifically peridot.
   • Fran. Rueus[…]say as much of the chrysolite, a friend of wisdome, an enemy to folly. 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 4, member 1, subsection iii:
   • And before he died, Taran-Ish had scrawled upon the altar of chrysolite with coarse shaky strokes the sign of DOOM. 1920, H. P. Lovecraft, The Doom that Came to Sarnath:
   • A piece of marigold or bay leaf was imbedded in the metal, and over it a carbuncle or chrysolite was placed. 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 155:

Forms

Deriveds

titaniferous chrysolite · white chrysolite · iron chrysolite · iron manganese chrysolite · chrysolitic · chrysolite of Brazil

Translations (30)

fi krysoliitti (a gemstone) · mi karihorita (a gemstone) · ka ქრიზოლითი (a gemstone) · nb krysolitt (a gemstone) · es crisólito (a gemstone) · grc χρυσόλιθος (a gemstone) · az zəbərcəd (a gemstone) · es peridoto (a gemstone) · uz zabarjad (a gemstone) · fr chrysolite (a gemstone) · id zabarjad (a gemstone) · kk зәбіржат (a gemstone) · kk зүбәржад (a gemstone) · de crysolit (a gemstone) · kk зұбаржат (a gemstone) · fr chrysolithe (a gemstone) · ca crisòlit (a gemstone) · cmn 橄欖石 /橄榄石 (a gemstone) · oge ოქროქვაჲ (a gemstone) · kk зыбыржат (a gemstone) · ga cloch óir (a gemstone) · hy ոսկեքար (a gemstone) · kk зүбаржат (a gemstone) · de Chrysolith (a gemstone) · id krisolit (a gemstone) · ota زبرجد (a gemstone) · su krisolit (a gemstone) · ar زَبَرْجَد (a gemstone) · es chrysolita (a gemstone) · tr zebercet (a gemstone)