† ositen.

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

Etymology: < classical Latin oss-, os bone (see os n.¹) + -ite suffix¹; apparently coined by Joseph P. Leidy (1823–91), U.S. zoologist and palaeontologist (see quot. 1865). N.E.D. (1903) gives the pronunciation as (ǫ·səit) /ˈɒsaɪt/.

Geology. Obsolete. rare.

A deposit consisting of bone fragments (largely from turtles and other marine vertebrates) cemented by phosphates, found on the Caribbean island of Sombrero.

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osite1865

1865 D. Page Handbk. Geol. Terms (ed. 2) 340 Osite, a technical term proposed by Dr Leidy of Philadelphia for the so-called Sombrero Guano.

1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) xx. 430 The osite or Sombrero guano which constitutes the whole of the West India island of that name.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	osite
释义	† ositen. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin oss- , -ite suffix¹. Etymology: < classical Latin oss-, os bone (see os n.¹) + -ite suffix¹; apparently coined by Joseph P. Leidy (1823–91), U.S. zoologist and palaeontologist (see quot. 1865). N.E.D. (1903) gives the pronunciation as (ǫ·səit) /ˈɒsaɪt/. Geology. Obsolete. rare. A deposit consisting of bone fragments (largely from turtles and other marine vertebrates) cemented by phosphates, found on the Caribbean island of Sombrero. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > formations by contents > [noun] > containing fossils > deposit of bones ossuarya1861 osite1865 1865 D. Page Handbk. Geol. Terms (ed. 2) 340 Osite, a technical term proposed by Dr Leidy of Philadelphia for the so-called Sombrero Guano. 1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) xx. 430 The osite or Sombrero guano which constitutes the whole of the West India island of that name. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.1865
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