Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Consisting of or belonging to clay; clayey.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Argillaceous; clayey.
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- adjective
clayey ;argillaceous
Etymologies
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Latin argillosus, from argilla. See argil.
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Examples
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- clay, especially used in pottery. argillaceous, argillous, adj. containing clay; clay-like. argilliferous, adj. yielding or containing clay. argilloid, argol, argal
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carolinacc commented on the word argillous
En español: argiloso, sa., que tiene arcilla
June 3, 2008