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Latest comment: 5 years ago by Equinox in topic Alternative etymology from Chambers 1908

Alternative etymology from Chambers 1908

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They derive it from variole + -ite, and define variolite as "a rock covered with pea-like pustular forms, held in India as a preventive of smallpox and worn sometimes as an amulet round the neck". Equinox 18:08, 4 January 2019 (UTC)Reply