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Etymology
Borrowed from French schiste, from Latin schistos lapis (“the stone that is easy to split”), from Ancient Greek σχιστός (skhistós, “splittable”), from σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”).
Pronunciation
Noun
esquist m (plural esquists or esquistos)
- schist
- (deprecated) shale
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