farcilite

English

Etymology

farcical +‎ -lite, in the Latin sense of the word farce which means to stuff or to season, because the composite mineral is "stuffed" with quartz nodules. See puddingstone.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɑː(ɹ)sɪlaɪt/

Noun

farcilite (plural farcilites)

  1. (mineralogy, obsolete) Pudding stone.
    • 1799, Richard Kirwan, Geological Essays:
      an entire mountain of farcilite, containing flints , stuck in a quartzy basis , has been discovered there

References

“farcilite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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