Novaculite Definition
nō-văkyə-līt
noun
A light-colored, hard, extremely fine-grained siliceous sedimentary rock, often used as a whetstone.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Novaculite
Noun
Singular:
novaculite
Plural:
novaculitesOrigin of Novaculite
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From Latin novācula plus the suffix -ite.
From Wiktionary
Latin novācula razor –ite
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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