Novaculite Definition

nō-văkyə-līt
noun
A light-colored, hard, extremely fine-grained siliceous sedimentary rock, often used as a whetstone.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Novaculite

Noun

Singular:
novaculite
Plural:
novaculites

Origin of Novaculite

  • From Latin novācula plus the suffix -ite.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin novācula razor –ite

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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