[1915–20; till4 + -ite1]This word is first recorded in the period 1915–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: conditioning, costar, markup, stockpile, takeout-ite is a suffix of nouns denoting esp. persons associated with a place, tribe, leader,doctrine, system, etc. (Campbellite; Israelite; laborite); minerals and fossils (ammonite; anthracite); explosives (cordite; dynamite); chemical compounds, esp. salts of acids whose names end in -ous (phosphite; sulfite); pharmaceutical and commercial products (vulcanite); a member or component of a part of the body (somite)
Examples of 'tillite' in a sentence
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The glaciogenic origin of any rock called tillite must have been proved beyond doubt.
A. Kröner, K. Rankama 1973, 'Late Precambrian glaciogenic sedimentary rocks in southern Africa: a compilation withdefinitions and correlations', Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finlandhttp://www.geologinenseura.fi/bulletin/Volume45/sgs_bt_045_1_pages_079_102.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)