Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or like marble.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to, or like, marble.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Containing, or similar to,
marble .
Etymologies
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From Latin marmor (marble) + -aceous
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Examples
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And take a look now at some of other words he had to handle during the finals -- something like "marmoraceous," "mistassini," "solfeggio" -- I really have no idea if I'm saying any of these right, but it sounds good for now.
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