quartzless

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adjective

Lacking quartz.

OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English quartz →
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Meanings

adjectivequartzless (not comparable)
  1. not comparablechemistryLacking quartz.

    The majority of the Diorites are quartzless; but some contain Quartz, and are then termed Quartz-diorites.

    1885, Charles Lyell, The Student's Elements of Geology

Origin

  1. Englishquartz
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  4. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  6. Englishquartzless

From quartz + -less.

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