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Definition of Marmorean
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of marble.
Definition of Marmorean
1. Adjective. (obsolete) marmoreal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Marmorean
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marmorean
Literary usage of Marmorean
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1824)
"... of the public edifices at Venice, Milan, and other places, have been ' repaid
to his manes ;' and that ' not a whit more of his marmorean-lig— ..."
2. The Influence of Milton on English Poetry by Raymond Dexter Havens (1922)
"How much the style owes to Paradise Lost may be judged from the account of Attila's
tomb: Nigh that marmorean dwelling of the dead, ..."
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