millerite
noun
millerite is a noun meaning “A nickel sulfide mineral, NiS, that occurs as hairlike tufts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-I-L-L-E-R-I-T-E, and it appears about once in every 60 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of millerite is millerites.
What does millerite mean?
noun
- 1
A nickel sulfide mineral, NiS, that occurs as hairlike tufts.
noun
- 1
One who followed the calculations of William Miller or his followers that the world would end on October 22, 1844; when it did not, the Great Disappointment occurred. The subsequent denominations his movement spawned include the Adventists, Jehovah's Witnesses and the (Campbellite) Restorationists.
- 2
A resident of any community known as Miller; often specifically a resident of Miller Beach, in Gary, Indiana
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of millerite
- millerites plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is millerite?
Millerite appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does millerite come from?
From Miller + -ite, from British mineralogist William Hallowes Miller.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).