dysodile

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English

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek [Term?] (“ill-smelling”).

Noun

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dysodile (usually uncountable, plural dysodiles)

  1. (mineralogy) A soft, finely laminated, greenish or yellowish-grey impure earthy or coaly bitumen, which emits a highly foetid odour when burning.

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References

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  • Henry Watts (1882) A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences, volume 2
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