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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 Benthamite
.2.
A suffix used in naming minerals;
as, chlor
ite
, from its characteristic green color; barite
, from its heaviness; graphite
, 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 sulphurous
; nitrite
, from nitrous
acid, etc.