Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A sulphur-yellow mineral occurring in loose aggregations of small crystalline scales

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

  • noun (Min.) An impure yellow sulphate of iron; yellow copperas or copiapite.

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  • noun mineralogy An impure yellow sulphate of iron; yellow copperas or copiapite.

Etymologies

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Compare Latin misy ("a mineral, perhaps copperas").

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Examples

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  • Rehefa latsaka anaty haizina ny arabe sy ny avenues, tsy misy asany koa ny jiro fandrindràana [...] 7 September 2009, 12: 23 pm

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  • Malagasy · Shina: Noana ny mpiserasera, tsy misy resa-bary intsony!

    Global Voices in English » China: Netizens starving, no more rice talk! 2009

  • Malagasy · Ejipta: Fihemorana tsy misy fetra ny aterineto asiana fetra

    Global Voices in English » Egypt: Limited Internet is Unlimited Backwardness 2009

  • Nahatsikaiky sy nampalahelo anefa, fa noheverin'ny any ambanivohitra ho anaran'olona ity “ligne” ity, ka maro no nilaza hoe: “Aiza ho aiza, tompoko, no misy ity Raline ity, mba hakanay toro-hevitra amin'izay nataony?”

    Saluting Rado, a Poet Legend 2008

  • Another corrosive powder: - Of the most finely-levigated misy, sprinkle upon the moist and gangrenous parts, and a little of the flower of copper, not altogether levigated.

    On Ulcers 2007

  • Toy izany ihany koa nisy hazo nianjera tao amin'ny kianjan'ny demaokrasia, noho ny fahanterany mazava loatra (tatitra heno tamin'ny radio tana, kidaona maraina) nefa misy manadrohadro hoe "lazao fa sabotazy ihany koa e!"

    Global Voices Online 2009

  • Izaho manokana dia "halako" izay olona mampijaly ny Malagasy na mpitondra io na mpanohitra, ireo mamitaka ny tsy mahalala sy manao tohatra iakarana ireo sahirana; na tsy afa miteny aza ireo dia ny tody tsy misy fa ny atao no miverina.

    Global Voices Online 2009

  • Ny orinasa mamokatra soa aman-tsara, ny fivarotana mitady fivelomana, ny aina sy ny fananan'ny tsirairay tsy misy ahiana, ny mpiasa tsy lany andro mitokona, ny mpianatra tsy very taona, ny raharaha politika mizotra milamina amin'ny fifidianana voafetra mialoha.

    Global Voices Online 2009

  • Tsy nampoizina anefa ny zava-misy fa hay ny RADIO MADA no io henion'ny rehetra amin'ny onjam-peon'ny Viva io … Filana ady ve sa fihantsiana no anton'izany?

    Global Voices Online 2009

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