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Definition of Marmoreal
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of marble.
Definition of Marmoreal
1. a. Pertaining to, or resembling, marble; made of marble.
Definition of Marmoreal
1. Adjective. Resembling marble or a marble statue. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Marmoreal
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marmoreal
Literary usage of Marmoreal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"The thronging constellations rush In crowds, Paving with fire the sky and the
marmoreal floods. ... [As marmoreal + -ая.] Same as marmoreal. ..."
2. 'Hail and Farewell!' by George Moore (1912)
"A marmoreal sky,' I said, ' whereas the sea was never marmoreal.' Along the
foreland the shapes of the fields were visible in the moon-haze, and, ..."
3. Retrospective Reviews: A Literary Log by Richard Le Gallienne (1896)
"You will notice how even already Mr. Watson loves to fill his mouth with good
fat vowels—to play with beautiful centipedes like 'marmoreal,' and how he ..."
4. Feminine Influence on the Poets by Edward Thomas (1911)
"No man in the nineteenth century wrote so many marmoreal nothings about love,
... By abstraction he becomes marmoreal ; by approaching very near to reality ..."
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