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gneissoid

[ nahy-soid ]

adjective

  1. resembling gneiss.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of gneissoid1

First recorded in 1840–50; gneiss + -oid

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Example Sentences

Drifts piled high in bleak ravines, and the grim gneissoid crags were begirt with gigantic icicles.

At this distance, rapids commence, and the bed of the river exhibited greenstone and gneissoid boulders.

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