rupestrian
adjective
ru·pes·tri·an
rüˈpestrēən
variants or rupestral
-rəl
: composed of rock : inscribed on rocks
Word History
Etymology
New Latin rupestris rupestrian (from Latin rupes rock + -estris, as in terrestris terrestrial) + English -an or -al; akin to Latin rumpere to break
First Known Use
1809, in the meaning defined above
- racistest
- racists
- rack
- rack and snail
- rack back
- rack bar
- rack block
- rack body
- rack car
- rack one's brain
- rack punch
- rack rail
- rack railway
- rack up
- rack wheel
- rack-and-lever jack
- rack-and-pinion press
- rack-and-pinion railway
- rack-o'-bones
- rack-rent
- rack-rented
- rack-renter
- rack-renting
- rack-rents
- rackabones