mundicn.

Brit.

/ˈmʌndɪk/, U.S.

/ˈməndɪk/

Forms: 1600s– mundick, 1700s mondic, 1700s mundik, 1700s mundyck, 1700s– mundic.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from Cornish.

Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < an unattested Cornish compound < men stone (see menhir n.) + teg pretty (compare Welsh teg fair (13th cent.); further etymology uncertain).

Pyrites; esp. iron pyrites. Also with distinguishing word, usually an adjective of colour, denoting particular varieties.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphides and related minerals > [noun] > pyrite group > pyrite

firestone1440

pyrites1567

mundic1662

maxy1671

pyrite1741

magistral1824

fool's gold1828

brass1829

1662 S. Colepresse Let. 13 Apr. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1966) III. 393 Ore mixt with weede is such Tin-ore, as hath some heterogeneous body mixt wth. it: as eyther sort of Mundicke, or Marchasite.

1671 Observ. Mines Cornwal & Devon in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2102 And so continue sinking..till we find either the Load to grow small, or degenerate into some sort of weed, which are diverse; as Mundick or Maxy (corrupted from Marchasite) of 3 sorts; white, yellow, and green.

1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. i. ii. 272 Marcasite, or Yellow Mundick.

1748 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. I. 406 I have lately received a very fine specimen of it [sc. red orpiment] from the tin mines of Cornwall, under the name of red Mundick, everything that is bright and sparkling being called there by that name.

1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 34 The sublimate of our white Mundick..may produce..some of the best white Arsenick.

1834 C. O. Booth Jrnl. (1981) 179 The Mundick just above the second stratum of Coal lying in a bed of grey or dark Stone bind.

1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 219 The yellow copper ore, at present so valued,..was in fact cast aside as ‘mundic’.

1880 S. Baring-Gould Preachers' Pocket 239 Now and then a glittering particle of mundic cheats their hopes; but of gold..they..have none.

1935 M. Durack & E. Durack All-about 102 Boxer..announces in a sibilant whisper, ‘Old man, we got the gold at last!’ ‘Mundick,’ says the Boss from force of habit.

1991 New Builder 12 Sept. 7/1 Simmons' list identifies specific product brands as undesirable for use on building projects and places them alongside well-known hazards such as high alumina cement and mundic.

2009 M. Shaw Lead, Copper & Barytes Mines Shropshire ii. 38 Iron pyrites, sometimes known as mundic and colloquially called fool's gold, was recorded at a few mines.

Derivatives

† mundicky adj. Obsolete rich in mundic.

ΚΠ

1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis i. i. 64 Yellow, or mundicky Copper Ore, they call Pyrites Ærosus.

1818 W. Phillips Geol. 202 If iron pyrites abound, the load is said to be mundicky.

1864 A. K. H. Jenkin Mines & Miners Cornwall 53 Immense quantities of rich tin ground are also laid open at the 30 and 40 fathom levels, but the tin is mundicky.

1879 West Briton & Cornwall Advertiser 12 June 6/5 The cunning agent who thought to pass in his irony or mundicky ore as pure tin.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mundic
释义	mundicn. Brit. /ˈmʌndɪk/, U.S. /ˈməndɪk/ Forms: 1600s– mundick, 1700s mondic, 1700s mundik, 1700s mundyck, 1700s– mundic. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from Cornish. Etymology: Origin uncertain; perhaps < an unattested Cornish compound < men stone (see menhir n.) + teg pretty (compare Welsh teg fair (13th cent.); further etymology uncertain). Pyrites; esp. iron pyrites. Also with distinguishing word, usually an adjective of colour, denoting particular varieties. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphides and related minerals > [noun] > pyrite group > pyrite firestone1440 pyrites1567 mundic1662 maxy1671 pyrite1741 magistral1824 fool's gold1828 brass1829 1662 S. Colepresse Let. 13 Apr. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1966) III. 393 Ore mixt with weede is such Tin-ore, as hath some heterogeneous body mixt wth. it: as eyther sort of Mundicke, or Marchasite. 1671 Observ. Mines Cornwal & Devon in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2102 And so continue sinking..till we find either the Load to grow small, or degenerate into some sort of weed, which are diverse; as Mundick or Maxy (corrupted from Marchasite) of 3 sorts; white, yellow, and green. 1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis iii. i. ii. 272 Marcasite, or Yellow Mundick. 1748 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. I. 406 I have lately received a very fine specimen of it [sc. red orpiment] from the tin mines of Cornwall, under the name of red Mundick, everything that is bright and sparkling being called there by that name. 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 34 The sublimate of our white Mundick..may produce..some of the best white Arsenick. 1834 C. O. Booth Jrnl. (1981) 179 The Mundick just above the second stratum of Coal lying in a bed of grey or dark Stone bind. 1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 219 The yellow copper ore, at present so valued,..was in fact cast aside as ‘mundic’. 1880 S. Baring-Gould Preachers' Pocket 239 Now and then a glittering particle of mundic cheats their hopes; but of gold..they..have none. 1935 M. Durack & E. Durack All-about 102 Boxer..announces in a sibilant whisper, ‘Old man, we got the gold at last!’ ‘Mundick,’ says the Boss from force of habit. 1991 New Builder 12 Sept. 7/1 Simmons' list identifies specific product brands as undesirable for use on building projects and places them alongside well-known hazards such as high alumina cement and mundic. 2009 M. Shaw Lead, Copper & Barytes Mines Shropshire ii. 38 Iron pyrites, sometimes known as mundic and colloquially called fool's gold, was recorded at a few mines. Derivatives † mundicky adj. Obsolete rich in mundic. ΚΠ 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis i. i. 64 Yellow, or mundicky Copper Ore, they call Pyrites Ærosus. 1818 W. Phillips Geol. 202 If iron pyrites abound, the load is said to be mundicky. 1864 A. K. H. Jenkin Mines & Miners Cornwall 53 Immense quantities of rich tin ground are also laid open at the 30 and 40 fathom levels, but the tin is mundicky. 1879 West Briton & Cornwall Advertiser 12 June 6/5 The cunning agent who thought to pass in his irony or mundicky ore as pure tin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1662
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