Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- suffix See
-lith .
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- suffix used to form names of
rocks andminerals
Etymologies
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Representing Ancient Greek λίθος (lithos, "stone").
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Examples
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It's also used as a suffix, as in monolith (big block of stone) or in the form "-lite" (as in coprolite, fossilized dung).
Week in Words Erin McKean 2011
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A bromantic "Jules et Jim"-lite love-triangle set in a snowy Ankara, it's an accessibly droll, bittersweet comedy rather more sweet than bitter which has considerable English-language remake potential.
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