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marmoreal
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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

mar⋅mo⋅re⋅al

   [mahr-mawr-ee-uhl, -mohr-]
–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
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mar·mo·re·al     (mär-môr'ē-əl, -mōr'-)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Resembling marble, as in smoothness, whiteness, or hardness.

[From Latin marmoreus, from marmor, marble.]
mar·mo're·al·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
marmoreal 
"resembling marble," 1798, from L. marmoreus "of marble," from marmor (see marble).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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marmoreal

adjective
of or relating to or characteristic of marble [syn: marmorean] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Marmoreal

Mar*mo"re*al\, Marmorean \Mar*mo"re*an\, a. [L. marmoreus, fr. marmor marble: cf. F. marmor['e]en. See Marble.] Pertaining to, or resembling, marble; made of marble.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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