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PROFANITY:

Roughness Of A Pyrites Compound

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noun

• something hard to endure

• harshness of manner

62%4 Word that has evolved from the roughness of unwrought stone to the roughness of unmannered people
adjective

• lacking civility or good manners

adjective satellite

• socially incorrect in behavior

• (of persons) lacking in refinement or grace

• (used especially of commodities) being unprocessed or manufactured using only simple or minimal processes

• belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness

33%9 Mineral also known as arsenical pyrites
noun

• a silver-white or grey ore of arsenic

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