marmorean
i adjective
of or like marble: skin of marmoreal smoothness.
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| —adj | |
| of, relating to, or resembling marble: a marmoreal complexion | |
| [C18: from Latin marmoreus, from marmor marble] | |
| marmorean or marmorean | |
| —adj | |
| [C18: from Latin marmoreus, from marmor marble] | |
| mar'moreally or marmorean | |
| —adv | |
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| marmoreal or marmorean (mɑːˈmɔːrɪəl) | |
| —adj | |
| of, relating to, or resembling marble: a marmoreal complexion | |
| [C18: from Latin marmoreus, from marmor marble] | |
| marmorean or marmorean | |
| —adj | |
| [C18: from Latin marmoreus, from marmor marble] | |
| mar'moreally or marmorean | |
| —adv | |
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marmoreal
"resembling marble," 1798, from L. marmoreus "of marble," from marmor (see marble).
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