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-lite
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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World English Dictionary
| -lite | |
| —n combining form | |
| Compare -lith (in names of minerals) stone: chrysolite | |
| [from French -lite or -lithe, from Greek lithos stone] | |
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Word Origin & History
-lite
comb. form meaning "stone," from Fr. -lite, variant of -lithe, from Gk. lithos "stone."
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