miserite

M3I1S1E1R1I1T1E1

noun

A lilac-pink or red triclinic-pinacoidal rare-earth mineral of interest also for cleaning up radioactive and other wastes and for ceramics.

Scrabble 10
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounmiserite (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA lilac-pink or red triclinic-pinacoidal rare-earth mineral of interest also for cleaning up radioactive and other wastes and for ceramics.

    Miserite is rare at Mont Saint-Hilaire, but may be locally abundant.

    1989, Joseph Anthony Mandarino, Violet Anderson, Monteregian Treasures: The Minerals of Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, page 141

Origin

From Miser (“a surname”) + -ite, named for Dr. Hugh D. Miser, a geologist of the U.S. Geological Survey.

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

risetimemiersite
Cite this entry
APA

miserite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miserite

MLA

“miserite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miserite. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “miserite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miserite.

Source: miserite on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.