figurative. Chiefly poetic. White, hard, cold, or unyielding like marble. Frequently in parasynthetic adjectives, as marble-breasted, marble-hearted…
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释义 | the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > [adjective] > pure white > as marble or alabaster (6) marble1565 figurative. Chiefly poetic. White, hard, cold, or unyielding like marble. Frequently in parasynthetic adjectives, as marble-breasted, marble-hearted… alabaster1566 figurative. Esp. of skin: like alabaster in whiteness or smoothness. alabastrine1578 Of or resembling alabaster. Frequently figurative (cf. alabaster, adj. 2). marmorean1656 = marmoreal, adj. marbly1814 Resembling, or having the appearance of, marble; rigid, cold, or still like marble. marmoreal1869 Resembling marble or a marble statue; cold (also smooth, white, etc.) like marble. |
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