Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for NEC'RO-NITE
NEC-RO-MAN'TIC-AL-LYNEC-ROPH'A-GOUS
NEC'RO-NITE, n. [Gr. νεκρος, dead.]
Fetid feldspar, a mineral which, when struck or pounded, exhales a fetid odor like that of putrid flesh. Hayden.
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