breccian.

/ˈbrɛttʃə/

/ˈbrɛtʃɪə/

Forms: Also 1700s brechia, 1800s brecchia, bricia.

Etymology: < Italian breccia ‘gravel or rubbish of broken walls’ (Florio), cognate with French brèche breaking, breach, breccia, Spanish brecha , adapted < Germanic: compare Old High German brecha breaking, < brechan , Old Germanic brekan to break v. (Used in the name Breccia Marble, before its separate use in Geology.)

a. Geology. A composite rock consisting of angular fragments of stone, etc., cemented together by some matrix, such as lime: sometimes opposed to conglomerate, in which the fragments are rounded and waterworn. bone breccia, osseous breccia: see the first element.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > composite rock > [noun] > breccia

breccia1774

1774 Strange in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 65 38 Which the Italians call lava brecciata, from its resemblance to the Breccia marbles.

1780 J. T. Dillon Trav. Spain ii. xiii. 341 A kind of brechia or pudding-stone.

1784 J. Wedgwood in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 74 378 It had the appearance of breccia marble or plum-pudding stone.

1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 7 Those pudding-stones or breccias where the gravel consists of quartz.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. v. 134 Hills, faced with barricades of..rock, intermixed with huge masses of Brescia, or pebbles imbedded in..mortar.

1836 Penny Cycl. V. 374 The name of Breccia is derived from the well-known Breccia marble, which has the appearance of being composed of fragments joined together by carbonate of lime.

1863 D. Wilson Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. (ed. 2) I. i. i. 29 Embedded in the same breccia with flint knives.

b. transferred. A conglomerate of gravel and ice.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > composite rock > [noun] > conglomerate > specific

pinnel1766

grauwacke1794

unguilite1799

greywacke1805

yolky-stone1805

nagelfluh1808

coombe rock1822

pebble bed1849

breccia1856

ceppo1881

banket1886

ouklip1892

crush-conglomerate1893

basal conglomerate1900

calcrete1902

rudite1904

fanglomerate1912

beach-rock1919

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xi. 116 Stands of the same Arctic breccia.

c. figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > incongruous mixture

hotchpotc1405

hodge-podgec1426

omnigatherum?a1430

mishmashc1475

peasemeala1525

omnium gatherum1530

mingle1548

hotchpotch1549

mingle-mangle1549

gallimaufry1551

rhapsody1574

sauce-medley1579

pell-mellc1586

linsey-woolsey1592

wilderness1594

brewage1599

motley1609

macaronic1611

medley1618

olla podridaa1635

farragoa1637

consarcination1640

porridge1642

olio1645

bisque1653

mélange1653

hash1660

jumble1661

farrage1698

capilotade1705

jargon1710

salmagundi1761

pasticcio1785

pea meal1789

ollapod1804

mixty-maxty1818

macédoine1820

ragbag1820

haggis1822

job lot1828

allsorts1831

conglomerate1837

pot-pourri1841

chow-chow1850

breccia1873

pastiche1873

macaroni1884

mixed bag1919

casserole1930

mixed bunch1958

rattle-bag1982

mulligan1993

1873 L. Stephen Ess. Freethinking vi. 203 His prose, at excited moments, becomes a kind of breccia of blank verse.

1944 H. G. Wells '42 to '44 149 With this sort of breccia in their heads, these gentlemen seem able to sleep of nights without ordinary narcotics.

Derivatives

ˈbreccial adj. of or pertaining to breccia.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > composite rock > [adjective] > breccia

brecciated1772

breccial1853

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxx. 259 One solid breccial mass of impacted angularities.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	breccia
释义	breccian. /ˈbrɛttʃə//ˈbrɛtʃɪə/ Forms: Also 1700s brechia, 1800s brecchia, bricia. Etymology: < Italian breccia ‘gravel or rubbish of broken walls’ (Florio), cognate with French brèche breaking, breach, breccia, Spanish brecha , adapted < Germanic: compare Old High German brecha breaking, < brechan , Old Germanic brekan to break v. (Used in the name Breccia Marble, before its separate use in Geology.) a. Geology. A composite rock consisting of angular fragments of stone, etc., cemented together by some matrix, such as lime: sometimes opposed to conglomerate, in which the fragments are rounded and waterworn. bone breccia, osseous breccia: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > composite rock > [noun] > breccia breccia1774 1774 Strange in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 65 38 Which the Italians call lava brecciata, from its resemblance to the Breccia marbles. 1780 J. T. Dillon Trav. Spain ii. xiii. 341 A kind of brechia or pudding-stone. 1784 J. Wedgwood in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 74 378 It had the appearance of breccia marble or plum-pudding stone. 1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 7 Those pudding-stones or breccias where the gravel consists of quartz. 1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. v. 134 Hills, faced with barricades of..rock, intermixed with huge masses of Brescia, or pebbles imbedded in..mortar. 1836 Penny Cycl. V. 374 The name of Breccia is derived from the well-known Breccia marble, which has the appearance of being composed of fragments joined together by carbonate of lime. 1863 D. Wilson Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. (ed. 2) I. i. i. 29 Embedded in the same breccia with flint knives. b. transferred. A conglomerate of gravel and ice. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > composite rock > [noun] > conglomerate > specific pinnel1766 grauwacke1794 unguilite1799 greywacke1805 yolky-stone1805 nagelfluh1808 coombe rock1822 pebble bed1849 breccia1856 ceppo1881 banket1886 ouklip1892 crush-conglomerate1893 basal conglomerate1900 calcrete1902 rudite1904 fanglomerate1912 beach-rock1919 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xi. 116 Stands of the same Arctic breccia. c. figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > variety > [noun] > incongruous mixture hotchpotc1405 hodge-podgec1426 omnigatherum?a1430 mishmashc1475 peasemeala1525 omnium gatherum1530 mingle1548 hotchpotch1549 mingle-mangle1549 gallimaufry1551 rhapsody1574 sauce-medley1579 pell-mellc1586 linsey-woolsey1592 wilderness1594 brewage1599 motley1609 macaronic1611 medley1618 olla podridaa1635 farragoa1637 consarcination1640 porridge1642 olio1645 bisque1653 mélange1653 hash1660 jumble1661 farrage1698 capilotade1705 jargon1710 salmagundi1761 pasticcio1785 pea meal1789 ollapod1804 mixty-maxty1818 macédoine1820 ragbag1820 haggis1822 job lot1828 allsorts1831 conglomerate1837 pot-pourri1841 chow-chow1850 breccia1873 pastiche1873 macaroni1884 mixed bag1919 casserole1930 mixed bunch1958 rattle-bag1982 mulligan1993 1873 L. Stephen Ess. Freethinking vi. 203 His prose, at excited moments, becomes a kind of breccia of blank verse. 1944 H. G. Wells '42 to '44 149 With this sort of breccia in their heads, these gentlemen seem able to sleep of nights without ordinary narcotics. Derivatives ˈbreccial adj. of or pertaining to breccia. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > composite rock > [adjective] > breccia brecciated1772 breccial1853 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. (1856) xxx. 259 One solid breccial mass of impacted angularities. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1774
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