Muscovite

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to Muscovy or Moscow, or the people of these places. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Russian. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to the residents of Moscow wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An inhabitant or native of Muscovy or Moscow.
  2. 2
    A pale brown mineral of the mica group, being a basic potassium aluminosilicate with the chemical formula KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH,F)₂; used as an electrical insulator etc. countable, uncountable

    "Do you enjoy the amber glow seen through the isinglass window of a wood stove? […] Muscovite (colorless, white, or pale red or green) mica is also common[…]; it was named for Moskva (Moscow), where much of Europe's mica was mined. Isinglass, mentioned above, consists of thin, transparent sheets of muscovite."

  3. 3
    a resident of Moscow wordnet
  4. 4
    A Russian. archaic, broadly
  5. 5
    a colorless or pale brown mica with potassium wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

1535. From Latin Moscovita (“resident of Moscow or Muscovy, Russian”), also Muscovita, Moschovita, from Moscovia or Muscovia (“Muscovy”) + -ita.

Etymology 2

1535. From Latin Moscovita (“resident of Moscow or Muscovy, Russian”), also Muscovita, Moschovita, from Moscovia or Muscovia (“Muscovy”) + -ita.

Etymology 3

In 1850 from Muscovy glass + -ite, from the province Muscovy in Russia. Named by James Dwight Dana.

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