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Marmoreal

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mar⋅mo⋅re⋅al

  [mahr-mawr-ee-uhl, -mohr-]
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–adjective
of or like marble: skin of marmoreal smoothness.
Also, mar⋅mo⋅re⋅an.

Origin:
1790–1800; < L marmore(us) made of marble (see marble, -eous ) + -al 1

Related forms:
mar⋅mo⋅re⋅al⋅ly, adverb
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mar·mo·re·al   (mär-môr'ē-əl, -mōr'-)   
adj.  Resembling marble, as in smoothness, whiteness, or hardness.

[From Latin marmoreus, from marmor, marble.]
mar·mo're·al·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

marmoreal 
"resembling marble," 1798, from L. marmoreus "of marble," from marmor (see marble).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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