-phyllitecomb. form

Primary stress is either attracted to the first syllable of this combining form or to the syllable immediately preceding it. Vowels may be reduced accordingly. See e.g. heliophyllite n.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ϕύλλον , -ite suffix¹.

Etymology: < ancient Greek ϕύλλον leaf (see phyllo- comb. form) + -ite suffix¹. Compare French -phyllite (formations in which are found from at least the early 19th cent., e.g. apophyllite apophyllite n.), German -phyllit (formations in which are found from at least the first half of the 19th cent., e.g. Pyrophyllit : see pyrophyllite n.).Used chiefly with first elements ultimately of Greek origin, often after French or German models. Attested earliest in apophyllite n.

Mineralogy.

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Forming the names of various minerals, typically crystallizing in the form of scales or plates, or readily cleaving into laminae, as apophyllite n., chalcophyllite n. at chalco- comb. form , euphyllite n., etc.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020).

单词	-phyllite
释义	-phyllitecomb. form Primary stress is either attracted to the first syllable of this combining form or to the syllable immediately preceding it. Vowels may be reduced accordingly. See e.g. heliophyllite n. Origin: A borrowing from Greek, combined with an English element. Etymons: Greek ϕύλλον , -ite suffix¹. Etymology: < ancient Greek ϕύλλον leaf (see phyllo- comb. form) + -ite suffix¹. Compare French -phyllite (formations in which are found from at least the early 19th cent., e.g. apophyllite apophyllite n.), German -phyllit (formations in which are found from at least the first half of the 19th cent., e.g. Pyrophyllit : see pyrophyllite n.).Used chiefly with first elements ultimately of Greek origin, often after French or German models. Attested earliest in apophyllite n. Mineralogy. Categories » Forming the names of various minerals, typically crystallizing in the form of scales or plates, or readily cleaving into laminae, as apophyllite n., chalcophyllite n. at chalco- comb. form , euphyllite n., etc. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2020). < comb. form
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