steatite

[stee-uh-tahyt]

ste·a·tite

[stee-uh-tahyt]

Origin:
1595–1605; < Latin steatītēs < Greek steat- (stem of stéar) fat, tallow + -ītēs -ite1

ste·a·tit·ic [stee-uh-tit-ik] , adjective
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Steatite is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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steatite (ˈstɪəˌtaɪt)
 
n
another name for soapstone
 
[C18: from Latin steatitēs, from Greek stear fat + -ite1]
 
steatitic
 
adj

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