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单词 bituminous
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bituminousadj.

/bɪˈtjuːmɪnəs/
Forms: Also 1600s -enous.
Etymology: < French bitumineux, < Latin bitūminōsus : see -ous suffix.
1.
a. Of the nature of or resembling bitumen, consisting of or containing bitumen. (Sometimes with reference to the ‘burning lake’ of Hell.)
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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [adjective] > yielding a mineral or metal > asphalt
bituminous1620
asphaltic1643
bituminose1701
bituminiferous1799
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [adjective] > bitumen > asphalt
bituminous1620
asphaltic1643
bituminose1701
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > mineral and fossil resins > [adjective] > of the nature of bitumen or pitch
pitchy1552
bituminous1620
bituminose1701
piciform1876
bituminoid1878
1620 T. Venner Via Recta Introd. 8 Which rise from sulphurous, bituminous, or metalline places.
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. x. 133 The liquid flames of pitch and a bituminous bath.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 41 The Plain, wherein a black bituminous gurge Boiles out from under ground, the mouth of Hell. View more context for this quotation
1774 J. Bryant New Syst. (new ed.) I. 279 In Seleucia..there was a like bituminous eruption.
1826 W. Scott Woodstock II. iv. 95 Others swore they had smelt savours of various kinds, chiefly bituminous.
1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. I. v. 135 This coal..has a bituminous fracture.
b. spec. in the scientific or technical names of various minerals, manufactures, etc., as bituminous coal, bituminous limestone, bituminous schist, bituminous shale; bituminous cement, bituminous mastic.
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the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [adjective] > yielding a mineral or metal > bitumen
bituminous1830
the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > hydrocarbon minerals > [adjective] > bitumen
bituminous1830
bituminoid1878
1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 219 Bituminous shales.
1842 H. Miller Old Red Sandstone (ed. 2) ii. 55 Dark-coloured bituminous schist.
1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) I. 755 The bituminous or black cement for bottle-corks consists of pitch hardened by the addition of resin and brick-dust.
1875 R. Hunt & F. W. Rudler Ure's Dict. Arts (ed. 7) III. 119 Bituminous limestone..containing various hydrocarbon compounds, diffusing by the action of fire a bituminous odour.
1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) I. 67 Bituminous coals..burn..with a brilliant flame.
2. ? Cemented with bitumen. Obsolete.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > mineral material > mineral and fossil resins > [adjective] > of the nature of bitumen or pitch > full of or covered with
pitchy?a1425
pitched?1440
tarrya1585
bepitched1611
bituminated1628
bituminous1658
bituminized1816
1658 J. Burbury tr. G. Gualdo Priorato Hist. Christina Queen of Swedland 112 The walls..are strong and bituminous and abound with ancient towers.
3. figurative. (Cf. sulphurous adj. 3a.)
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the mind > language > malediction > [adjective] > strong, sulphurous (of language)
untowen13..
largea1413
thundering1543
viperous1605
luscious1614
peppering1712
rough1750
unquotable1821
sulphurous1828
piercent1829
unrepeatable1831
bituminous1878
sultry1891
unprintable1898
four-letter1923
1878 N. Amer. Rev. 329 It is only about a hundred years since Jonathan Edwards dropped his bituminous rhetoric upon the tender sensibilities of the unconverted.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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