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noun Mineralogy.
a fine variety of asbestos, with delicate, flexible filaments.
Origin:
1660–70; < Latin amiantus < Greek amíantos, equivalent to a- a-6 + mian- (stem of miaínein to defile, make impure) + -tos verbal adjective suffix
1660–70; < Latin amiantus < Greek amíantos, equivalent to a- a-6 + mian- (stem of miaínein to defile, make impure) + -tos verbal adjective suffix
Related forms
am·i·an·thoid, am·i·an·thoi·dal, adjective
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