MUSCOVITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Muscovite mean? 

• MUSCOVITE (noun)
  The noun MUSCOVITE has 2 senses:

1. a colorless or pale brown mica with potassium

2. a resident of Moscow

  Familiarity information: MUSCOVITE used as a noun is rare.

• MUSCOVITE (adjective)
  The adjective MUSCOVITE has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the residents of Moscow

  Familiarity information: MUSCOVITE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUSCOVITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A colorless or pale brown mica with potassium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("muscovite" is a kind of...):

isinglass; mica (any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "muscovite"):

damourite (a variety of muscovite)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A resident of Moscow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Muscovite" is a kind of...):

Russian (a native or inhabitant of Russia)

Derivation:

Muscovite (of or relating to the residents of Moscow)

• MUSCOVITE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the residents of Moscow

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

Muscovite street dealers

Pertainym:

Muscovite (a resident of Moscow)

Derivation:

Muscovite (a resident of Moscow)

 Context examples 

To his north would be Flanders and the country of the Eastlanders and of the Muscovites.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)