marbled
English
Adjective
marbled (comparative more marbled, superlative most marbled)
- Composed of marble; having a marble exterior.
- c. 1605–1608, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii], page 92, column 1:
- Goe great with Tygers, Dragons, Wolues, and Beares, / Teeme with new Monſters, whom thy vpward face / Hath to the Marbled Manſion all aboue / Neuer preſented.
- Having marbling.
- Resembling marble.
- (meat) Interlaced with fat.
Derived terms
- marbled cat
- marbled crayfish
- marbled eel
- marbled frog
- marbled godwit
- marbled murrelet
- marbled newt
- marbled polecat
- marbled salamander
- marbled white
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