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Definitions for Porphyry

[1] a very hard rock, anciently quarried in Egypt, having a dark, purplish-red groundmass containing small crystals of feldspar.
[2] Petrology . any igneous rock containing coarse crystals, as phenocrysts, in a finer-grained groundmass.
[3] Malchus , a.d. c233–c304, Greek philosopher.
[4] any igneous rock with large crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals
[5] obsolete a reddish-purple rock consisting of large crystals of feldspar in a finer groundmass of feldspar, hornblende, etc
[6] original name Malchus. 232–305 ad , Greek Neo-Platonist philosopher, born in Syria; disciple and biographer of Plotinus

Words nearby Porphyry

porphyrize, porphyroblast, porphyrogenite, porphyroid, porphyropsin, porphyry, porpoise, porrect, porridge, porrigo, porringer

Origin of Porphyry

1350–1400; Middle English porfurie, porfirie < Medieval Latin porphyreum, alteration of Latin porphyrītēs < Greek porphyrī́tēs porphyry, short for porphyrī́tēs líthos porphyritic (i.e., purplish) stone, equivalent to pórphyr(os ) purple + -ītēs; see -ite1

Other words from Porphyry

Por·phyr·e·an [pawr-feer -ee-uh  n] /pɔrˈfɪər i ən/ , adjective
Por·phyr·i·an , adjective, noun
Por·phyr·i·an·ist , noun
porphyritic adjective (pôr′fə-rĭt′ ĭk )

Word origin for Porphyry

C14 porfurie, from Late Latin porphyrītēs, from Greek porphuritēs (lithos ) purple (stone), from porphuros purple