Marmoreal
Pronunciation
- IPA: /mÉ‘ËˈmÉ”Ëɹɪəl/
Origin
From Latin marmoreus, from marmor ("marble").
Full definition of marmoreal
Adjective
marmoreal
- Resembling marble or a marble statue.
- 1943, H. P. Lovecraft, The Dream-Quest of Unknown KadathFor in no wise could he leave that lofty spot, or descend the wide marmoreal flights.
- 1949, Italo Calvino, Difficult LovesIf, as I said, his fingertips arrived at this, perhaps her flesh, marmoreal and lazy, was hardly aware that these were, in fact, fingertips, and not for example, nails or knuckles.
- Peake GormenghastIrma had collapsed into a chair, and her long marmoreal face was buried in her hands.
- 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the WickedThe gods, of course, were a quite farcical invention, though necessary for the as it were marmoreal exaltation of the civic virtues.
Synonyms
- (resembling marble) marmoraceous obsolete