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marmorean

mar·mo·rean

uncommon obsolete

adjective

1.

resembling marble in smoothness

  • “skin of marmoreal smoothness”
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2.

like marble in hardness

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Origin

From Latin marmoreus (“of marble”), from marmor (“marble”) + -e- + -an.

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