polianite

[Gr. poliainomai =to grow gray; suff. -ite ( Min.).] Min.: A very pure variety of Pyrolusite (q. v.). The original was from Platten, Bohemia. *pol-1-ăn-the-a, s. [POLIANTHES.] A commonplace book, containing many flowers of eloquence, "These words are used by polemic writers in a sense diverse from their common signification"-- Ed wards: Freedom of the Will , pt. i., § 3. 2. Pertaining to polemics or controversy; intended to maintain an opinion, doctrine, or system in opposition to others; controversial; disputative. B. As substantive : 1. A polemic writer; a disputant, a controversialist; one who writes in support of any opinion, doctrine, or system in opposition to others. †2. A polemical controversy or argument. polemic-theology, subst . Theology designed to defend Christianity, and to attack all non-Christian faiths and unbelief. pă-lěm-ic-al, *po-lem-ic-all, adj. [English polemic; -al.) The same as POLEMIC (q. v.). "The polemical and impertinent disputations of the world."- Bp . Taylor : Sermons , vol. iii., ser. 6. tpă-lěm-1-çist, subst. [Eng. polemic; -ist.] One given to polemics or controversy; a controversialist, a polemic.