MARMOREAL


Meaning of MARMOREAL in English

(ˈ)mär|mōrēəl, (ˈ)mȧ|-, -mȯr- adjective

or mar·mo·re·an -ən

Etymology: Latin marmore us marmoreal (from marmor marble) + English -al or -an

1. : of, relating to, or resembling marble or a marble statue especially in coldness, smoothness, or majesty : statuesque

art is not a marmoreal calm — Irwin Edman

his conception of marmorean stillness — D.A.Stauffer

2. : made of marble

those marmoreal domes — Robert Browning

• mar·mo·re·al·ly -əlē, -li adverb

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