oolith
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oolith
- /ˈəʊəlɪθ/ UK
- /ˈoʊəˌlɪθ/ US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Late Latin oolithus; the Latin word was coined by the German doctor and mineralogist Franz Ernst Brückmann (1697–1753) as a translation of German Rogenstein (“oolite”) (Rogen (“fish roe”) + Stein (“stone”)). Oolithus is derived from Ancient Greek ᾠόν (ōión, “egg; seed”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (“to clothe oneself, dress; to be dressed”), in the sense of a bird being clothed in feathers) + λῐ́θος (lĭ́thos, “a stone; stone as a substance”) (see further at that entry), analysable as oo- + -lith.
noun ooliths
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A spherical granule of which oolite is composed, formed by concentric accretion of thin layers of a mineral (usually calcium carbonate (limestone) but also others such as dolomite and silica) around a core; an ooid.
Similar: oolite
- Oolite.
Translations
Talk about this word "oolith." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/oolith. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. oolith. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/oolith "oolith." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/oolith.Cite this
@misc{oolith_2026,
title = {oolith},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oolith},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
