Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as arsenopyrite.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Min.) Arsenical iron pyrites; arsenopyrite.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The mineral arsenopyrite

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a silver-white or grey ore of arsenic

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Obsolete German Misspickel, from earlier Misspült, Misspückel.]

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  • The product of a pickling accident.

    October 14, 2008

  • It's reesetee's fault.

    October 14, 2008