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单词 muscovite
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Muscoviten.1adj.

Brit. /ˈmʌskəvʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈməskəˌvaɪt/
Forms: 1500s Moschouite, 1500s Muskouit, 1500s Musscavitte, 1500s–1600s Moscouite, 1500s–1600s Muscouite, 1500s–1600s Muscovit, 1600s Moscovit, 1600s Muscouit, 1600s– Moscovite, 1600s– Muscovite.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Muscovita.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin Moscovita, Muscovita, Moschovita, etc., Russian, inhabitant of Moscow or the principality of Muscovy (1528; also Moscoviticus , adjective (1549)) < Moscovia , Muscovia Muscovy n. + -ita -ite suffix1. Compare Middle French, French Moscovite Russian (1542 in Rabelais; earlier printed as Mosconite, 1534), inhabitant of Moscow (1808), also as adjective (1584), German †Moscoviten (plural, 1513; German Moskoviter (now archaic)).The use of the suffix -ita -ite suffix1 in the formation of the noun may perhaps have been influenced by Old Russian muskovitin (late 16th cent. as Muscouytyn in a Russian–German phrasebook, glossed ‘ein Muscauer’). Compare also Old Russian, Russian moskvič (1660 or earlier), Russian moskvitin (1704 or earlier), moskvitjanin (1801 or earlier). Russian moskovit (20th cent.) is after post-classical Latin Moscovita. Compare Muscovian n. and adj., Moscovian adj. and n.
A. n.1
A native or inhabitant of Moscow or of the former principality of Muscovy. More generally: a Russian (now archaic).
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Russia, the Russian Empire, or the Soviet Union > [noun]
Muscovite1535
Russ1537
Russian1538
Muscovian1577
Muscoviter1650
White Russian1659
Great Russian1783
bear1804
Rooshian1838
Soviet1920
Ivan1925
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Russia, the Russian Empire, or the Soviet Union > [noun] > Moscow
Muscovite1535
1535 J. Wallop Let. 6 Sept. in MS. Cotton Calig. EII. f. 217 Th[e] musscavittes hath geven battaile to the King of pow[lles].
1537 tr. Original & Sprynge All Sectes f. 47 The Moscouites [Ger. Der Moscobiter] and whyte Russes fayth. Moscouites is a nacion in Asia whose lande is called Moscouia.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 256v They were cauled Moscouites of the chiefe citie of al the prouince named Moscouia or Mosca.
1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. aiiij The wide Empire of the Moschouite.
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 122 Appariled thus, like Muscouites, of Russians. View more context for this quotation
1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 303 Disguysd like Muscouites in shapeless geare. View more context for this quotation
1635 E. Pagitt Christianogr. (1639) 47 Of the Greeke Communion are the Muscovites, the Russes in Poland [etc.].
1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 87 The spawn of Fish, especially that of Sturgeon, they order thus... The Muscovites call it Ikary, and the Italians Cavaiar.
1700 M. Prior Carmen Sæculare 11 The young Moscovite, the mighty Head Whose Sovereign Terror Forty Nations dread.
1788 J. Priestley Lect. Hist. v. lxv. 523 The Moscovites..were as jealous as any people in the south.
1862 G. Meredith Grandfather Bridgeman in Mod. Love xiv. 11 The Muscovite stole thro' the mist-wreaths.
1877 D. M. Wallace Russia xxv. 386 No wonder the Muscovites were scandalized by his conduct.
1905 Daily Chron. 11 Mar. 4/4 These may have been part and parcel of the plans of the Japanese commanders, deliberately devised to throw dust in the eyes of the Muscovite.
1941 World-Telegram (N.Y.) 8 Jan. 23/2 We had trouble with the Muscovites before and..made them promise..to leave off revolutioneering in our midst.
1989 Holiday Which? Mar. 79/1 Muscovites put their 5 kopeks in the gates,..and board the trains that arrive every minute or two.
B. adj.
Of or relating to Moscow or Muscovy, or their inhabitants; (gen.) Russian.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Russia, the Russian Empire, or the Soviet Union > [adjective] > Muscovy
Muscovite1577
Muscovian1579
Muscovitish1622
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > native or inhabitant of Russia, the Russian Empire, or the Soviet Union > [adjective]
Russa1525
Muscovite1577
Russian1583
Russie1589
Muscovitish1622
Russic1670
Great Russian1799
Black Russian1827
Russki1835
Rooshian1845
Soviet1920
Mordvian1953
1577 J. Dee Gen. Mem. Arte Nauig. 62 As, in the Sclauonian, or Moschouite, the Arabik,..the Chiny Language.
1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero Trauellers Breuiat 105 Certaine Englishmen sayling by the Moscouite sea,..haue pierced euen to Cathaia.
1676 tr. A. Thevet Prosopographia (new ed.) 80 in T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (new ed.) The Moscovite Language.
1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 364 A faithful Muscovite Servant, or rather a Siberian Servant.
1797 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 574/1 The Muscovite priests use exorcisms at the administration of baptism.
1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 27 That Christian hound, the Muscovite ambassador.
1854 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 76 134 German bureaucratists..and Muscovite diplomatists.
1889 Harper's Mag. Aug. 332/2 The belfry building is a curious mixture of styles..and the whole is thoroughly Muscovite.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 552/1 For want of funds, Alexander was unable to assist the Grand Master of the Order of the Sword against Muscovite aggression.
1987 C. Phillips European Tribe xiii. 115 For ordinary Muscovite workers the most treasured and least aimless jobs are those in hotels.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

muscoviten.2

Brit. /ˈmʌskəvʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈməskəˌvaɪt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Muscovy n., -ite suffix1.
Etymology: < Muscovy n. + -ite suffix1 (J. D. Dana: see quot. 1850), after Muscovy glass n. at Muscovy n. 1a. Compare Russian moskovit, muskovit (1866 or earlier).
Geology.
A pale, translucent, potassium-containing mineral of the mica group, KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2, occurring in many rocks. Also called white mica.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > glass and glass-like materials > [noun] > glass-like materials
specular stone1577
murra1598
talc1601
isinglass1750
mica1778
Muscovy glass1794
muscovite1850
Vitreosil1909
vitreous silica1925
windolite1927
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > silicates > phyllosilicate > [noun] > mica > muscovite
Muscovy glass1573
talc1601
mirror-stone1668
Muscovy talc1677
potash mica1844
muscovite1850
phengite1854
1850 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 3) v. v. 356 Muscovite, D[ana].
1856 W. P. Blake Rep. Geol. Route near 35th Parallel (U.S. War Dept.: Rep. Explor. Route to Pacific IV) x. 106 They have the usual form of Muscovite micas, the regular rhombic prism.
1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. §56. 56 Muscovite, or common mica, is a potash-mica.
1883 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 413/1 Muscovite (Muscovy-Glass)... Crystals over a yard in diameter in China, where it is used for windows.
1940 F. F. Grout Kemp's Handbk. Rocks (ed. 6) iii. 52 Fine-grained light-colored granite in dikes is called aplite and commonly has more muscovite than average.
1986 D. Carey Dreadnought iv. 53 Merete joined me between two spires of glittering muscovite.
1991 New Yorker 14 Oct. 86/2 Two types of mica—colorless muscovite and black biotite—sprinkle the stone with a salt-and-pepper glitter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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