Definitions
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- noun (Min.) A ferruginous variety of rutile.
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- noun mineralogy A
ferruginous variety ofrutile .
Etymologies
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Latin niger black: compare French nigrine.
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mercy commented on the word nigrine
What color is that?
July 13, 2008
reesetee commented on the word nigrine
Mercy, I had the same question, so I looked it up and found one of my favorite word definitions ever: "A ferruginous variety of rutile."
That oughta settle it. ;-)
July 21, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word nigrine
Uhhh...
July 22, 2008
bilby commented on the word nigrine
I'm ho-hum on rutilated colour schemes.
July 22, 2008
biocon commented on the word nigrine
In addition, nigrine means "black" (Oxford English Dictionary).
July 1, 2011