English Explanatory Dictionary

macdonaldite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing barium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
noun
  1. Someone who was loyal to Ramsay MacDonald, especially after he split from the Labour Party in 1931.
adj
  1. Characteristic of MacDonaldism.

Word forms

macdonaldite MacDonaldites more MacDonaldite most MacDonaldite

Etymology

From MacDonald + -ite after Gordon A. MacDonald, a volcanologist at the University of Hawaii.

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