pyritiferous

P3Y4R1I1T1I1F4E1R1O1U1S1

adjective

containing, or yielding pyrites

OriginProto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? ← Latin ferō ← Proto-Italic *ferō →
Scrabble 20
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectivepyritiferous (comparative more pyritiferous, superlative most pyritiferous)

comparative more pyritiferous · superlative most pyritiferous

  1. containing, or yielding pyrites

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*péh₂wr̥
  2. Proto-Hellenic*pāwər
  3. Ancient Greekπῦρ (pûr)
  4. Ancient Greekπῠρῑ́της (pŭrī́tēs)
  5. Latinpȳritēs
  6. Old Frenchpyrite
  7. Englishpyrite
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
  10. Proto-Italic*ferō
  11. Latinferō
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  14. Englishpyritiferous

From pyrite + -i- + -ferous.

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with pyritiferous

carboniferousseminiferouscruciferousmetalliferousfossiliferousodoriferousacetabuliferousacidiferousaeriferousaestiferousagatiferousalbuminiferousaliferousalkaliferousalumiferousaluminiferousamberiferousamentiferousammonitiferousamygdaliferousamyliferousanatiferousangeliferousantenniferous
All rhymes →
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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