Micanite

Morpheme

Micanite

Type

free base

Denotation

manufactured insulating material made by bonding small sheets of mica together

Etymology

1890s coinage from mica + -ite with insertion of -n- on analogy of vulcanite (<Vulcan + -ite>) and ebonite (<Ebon + -ite>)

Evidence

micanite

See Also

Mice