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Webster 1913 Edition


-ite

-ite

.
[From Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK].]
1.
A suffix denoting
one of a party
, a
sympathizer with
or
adherent of
, and the like, and frequently used in ridicule;
as, a Miller
ite
; a Bentham
ite
.
2.
A suffix used in naming minerals;
as, chlor
ite
, from its characteristic green color; bar
ite
, from its heaviness; graph
ite
, from its use in writing.
3.
(Chem.)
A suffix used to denote the salts formed from those acids whose names end in -ous;
as, sulph
ite
, from sulphur
ous
; nitr
ite
, from nitr
ous
acid, etc.

Definition 2024


-īte

-īte

See also: ite, ITE, ʻite, -ite, and -ité

Latvian

Suffix

-īte

  1. feminine form of -ītis, suffixed to feminine nouns.

Derived terms

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