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单词 marmoreous
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marmoreousadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin marmoreus , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin marmoreus ( < marmor marmor n. + -eus : see -eous suffix) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier marmorean adj., and ancient Greek μαρμάρεος gleaming, made of marble.
Obsolete. rare.
= marmoreal adj.The correct reading in quot. 1688 is doubtful: see also marmoraceous adj.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > metamorphic rock > [adjective] > marble
marblea1382
Pentelic1579
marblya1620
marmoreous1709
Pentelician1741
picturesque1762
marmoraceous1822
Pentelican1850
Lucullan1857
Connemara1861
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 313/1 Marmoceous, a Marble colour, a black blue.]
1709 W. King Useful Trans. in Philos. Jan.–Feb. 13 These mountains seem to be nothing else but a composition of such hard Rockey, Marmoreous, Flinty,..and in a word, Mountanous Matter, as the Deluge could not carry away.
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II .]
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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