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-lite
CIDE DICTIONARY
-lite, suff.
See -lith. [1913 Webster]
-lite, suff.
Combining forms fr. Gr. li`qos a stone ; -- used chiefly in naming minerals and rocks. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
-lite, suffix forming names of minerals (rhyolite; zeolite).
Etymology
F f. Gk lithos stone
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