Etymology

poikilitic

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Today it means: Describing the texture of an igneous rock that has small crystals of one mineral scattered among larger crystals of another Full definition →

Ancient Greek ποικίλος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromποικίλος“many-coloured, variegated”
  2. English todaypoikilitic

From Ancient Greek ποικίλος (poikílos, “many-coloured, variegated”) + -ite or -lite.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekποικίλος all →

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