See Also: clarain(dictionary)

icity (iou) and clarain (iou)


icity (iou)



-icity suffix.
[French -icite from Latin -icitat-, -tas suffix combining -tat- (see -TY1) with adjective stems in -ic(i)-, as rusticitas from rusticus.]
Forming abstract nouns, also, by analogy, from adjectives of any origin in -ic, as electricity, publicity, etc.

clarain (iou)



clarain noun. E20.
[from Latin clarus CLEAR adjective, after FUSAIN.]
Geology. One of the lithotypes of coal, a finely laminated material with a silky lustre.