Muscovite Definition

mŭskə-vīt
noun
A very common, light-colored, soft mica, hydrous potassium aluminum silicate, KAl2(AlSi3)O10(OH)2, used as an electrical or thermal insulator.
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A person born or living in Muscovy.
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A person born or living in Moscow.
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A Russian.
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adjective
Of Muscovy.
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Of Moscow.
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Other Word Forms of Muscovite

Noun

Singular:
muscovite
Plural:
muscovites

Origin of Muscovite

  • 1535. From Latin Moscovita (“resident of Moscow or Muscovy, Russian"), also Muscovita, Moschovita, from Moscovia or Muscovia (“Muscovy") + -ita.

    From Wiktionary

  • In 1850 from Muscovy glass +"Ž -ite, from the province Muscovy in Russia. Named by James Dwight Dana.

    From Wiktionary

  • Muscovy glass its former name –ite

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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