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stalagmitical

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sta⋅lag⋅mite

  [stuh-lag-mahyt, stal-uhg-mahyt]
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–noun
a deposit, usually of calcium carbonate, more or less resembling an inverted stalactite, formed on the floor of a cave or the like by the dripping of percolating calcareous water.

Origin:
1675–85; < NL stalagmites < Gk stálagm(a) a drop (stalag-, s. of stalássein to drip + -ma n. suffix of result) + NL -ites -ite 1

Related forms:
stal⋅ag⋅mit⋅ic  [stal-uhg-mit-ik] , stal⋅ag⋅mit⋅i⋅cal, adjective
stal⋅ag⋅mit⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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stalagmite 
1681, from Mod.L. stalagmites (Olaus Wormius), from Gk. stalagmos "a dropping," or stalagma "a drop, drip," from stalassein "to trickle" (see stalactite).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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