gneissoseadj.
/ˈnʌɪsəʊs/, /ˈɡnʌɪsəʊs/, U.S. /ˈnaɪˌsoʊs/ = gneissic adj.; also quasi-n. = gneissic rock.
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1843 J. E. Portlock Rep. Geol. Londonderry 171 They are much more extensively developed in the lower or gneissose portion than in the upper or slaty portion.
1875 J. W. Dawson Life's Dawn on Earth ii. 21 The limestone..is traversed by many gray layers of gneissose.
1880 19th Cent. Nov. 850 The venerable gneissose rocks of the north-west of Scotland.
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