MARGARITE Definition & Meaning

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margarite

[ mahr-guh-rahyt ]

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noun

Mineralogy.
1. a gray, pink, or yellow mica, occurring in brittle monoclinic crystals.
2. an aggregate of small, rudimentary crystals resembling minute globules in a row: found in glassy volcanic rocks.
Obsolete. a pearl.

margarite

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noun

a pink pearly micaceous mineral consisting of hydrated calcium aluminium silicate. Formula: CaAl 4 Si 2 O 10 (OH) 2
an aggregate of minute beadlike masses occurring in some glassy igneous rocks

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of margarite¹

before 1000; Middle English, Old English: pearl < Latin ��ī�ٲ� < Greek ��ī́��ŧ��, perhaps < Iranian (compare Pahlavi ��ī�� pearl), with final element conformed to Greek -ī��ŧ�� -ite ¹

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of margarite¹

C19: via German from Greek margaron pearl

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While chatting to Margarite in Letterkenny Shopping Centre, she says that she feels she is being "gaslighted" - the act or practice of grossly misleading someone, especially for one's own advantage - by politicians.

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In Russia, Margarite Simonyan, the head of the state-owned Russian RT news network, gloated last week that “Kyiv’s economy is in tatters,” calling it “a small but pleasant thing.”

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Three Falcons players — Abigail Neff, Margarite Stefanelli and Kayla Rieu — scored at least 13 goals each this season.

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