argillaceous
English
Etymology
From Latin argillaceus, from argilla (“clay”), from Ancient Greek ἄργιλλος (árgillos, “white clay, potter's earth”), from ἀργός (argós, “white”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑːd͡ʒɪlˈeɪʃəs/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃəs
Adjective
argillaceous (comparative more argillaceous, superlative most argillaceous)
- (chiefly geology) pertaining to clay; made of, containing, or resembling clay
- 1864, Fitz-Hugh Ludlow, The Atlantic:
- […] natural colossi from two to five hundred feet high, done in argillaceous sandstone or a singular species of conglomerate, all of which owe their existence almost entirely to the agency of wind.
- 1994, Jeanette Winterson, Art & Lies, page 104:
- The gleam of the land is in its rocks, the fine-grained argillaceous rocks, here, not purple or grey, but green of living stone.
Derived terms
Translations
pertaining to clay
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