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diamantiferous

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Yielding or bearing diamonds; producing diamonds.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Yielding diamonds.

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  • adjective yielding diamonds

Etymologies

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From French diamant ("diamond") +‎ -ferous.

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Examples

  • But the work in the mines is not so pleasant, and the two thousand negroes employed in that work by the government are obliged even to divert the watercourses to get at the diamantiferous sand.

    Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon 2003

  • A screen, or cylinder wash mill and elevator, were used for dealing with the diamantiferous soil, and were described.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 Various

  • But the work in the mines is not so pleasant, and the two thousand negroes employed in that work by the government are obliged even to divert the watercourses to get at the diamantiferous sand.

    Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon Jules Verne 1866

  • Many have suspected that these regions will prove diamantiferous; and it is reported that an experienced French mineralogist, who has visited the South African diggings, landed at Assini and proposed to canoe up the Tando River to the Tákwá mines, prospecting in search of his specialty.

    To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Richard Francis Burton 1855

  • The aspect of the land is diamantiferous; [Footnote: I hear with the greatest pleasure that a syndicate has been formed for working the diamond-diggings of Golconda, a measure advocated by me for many years.

    To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Richard Francis Burton 1855

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  • vmarinelli commented on the word diamantiferous

    Evidently, this means "Diamond-bearing ground." Yet another word I had to look up in the course of reading Twisty Faster's blog, I Blame the Patriarchy - specifically, after this passage:

    With the damp, colorless fog that awakened the denizens of the Twisty Bungalow this morning (instead of the expected diamantiferous fanfare of taco-eating cherubim upon which my obstreperal lobe depends for its award-nominated vim and vigor) has also dawned the realization that the FAQ is somewhat out of date.
    (And yes, I had to look up cherubim too. Also, to the best of my knowledge, the "obstreperal lobe" is a Twisty-Fasterism, that is, a word made up by the author because no existing word met her writing needs. See also blamer. Truly, this particular blogger's contributions to the modern lexicon are impossible to measure.)

    February 27, 2007

  • alguien commented on the word diamantiferous

    Oh, look. It's a blamer on Wordie! What a small Internet it is.

    February 28, 2007

  • seanahan commented on the word diamantiferous

    cherubim is the plural of cherub, like seraphim is the plural of seraph.

    February 28, 2007

  • vmarinelli commented on the word diamantiferous

    Ha! Why does the presence of other blamers here (or at minimum, those knowledgeable about the blamer phenomenon) not surprise me?

    Perhaps, given what one blamer (not me) offered as an alternative URL for IBTP in this comment today: "isprinkleadorablevocabularylikefairydustwhileobstreperouslylayingbarethepatriarchy.com," Twisty's site attracts at least as many vocabulary fetishists as radical feminists. (Not that these are mutually exclusive identities... hardly!)

    February 28, 2007

  • alguien commented on the word diamantiferous

    Indeed. I cannot go one day without checking IBtP.

    March 1, 2007