pyritize

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verb

To convert something into pyrites.

OriginEnglish pyrite ← Old French pyrite ← Latin pȳritēs →
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Meanings

verbpyritize (third-person singular simple present pyritizes, present participle pyritizing, simple past and past participle pyritized)

present singular third person pyritizes · participle present pyritizing · participle past pyritized · past pyritized

  1. transitiveTo convert something into 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. Englishpyritize

From pyrite + -ize.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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