See Also: descloizite(dictionary)

ironist (iou) and descloizite (iou)


ironist (iou)



ironist noun. E18.
[from Greek eiron dissembler, user of irony + -IST.]
A person who uses irony; an ironical speaker or writer.

descloizite (iou)



descloizite noun. M19.
[from Alfred Des Cloizeaux (1817-97), French mineralogist + -ITE1.]
Mineralogy. An orthorhombic basic vanadate of zinc, copper, and lead occurring chiefly as a secondary mineral encrusting ores of its constituent metals.