Argillaceous
/ɑːd͡ʒɪlˈeɪʃəs/ adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Pertaining to clay; made of, containing, or resembling clay; clayey.
"[…] natural colossi from two to five hundred feet high, done in argillaceous sandstone or a singular species of conglomerate, all of which owe their existence almost entirely to the agency of wind."
Adjective
- 1 resembling or containing clay wordnet
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More examples"[…] natural colossi from two to five hundred feet high, done in argillaceous sandstone or a singular species of conglomerate, all of which owe their existence almost entirely to the agency of wind."
Etymology
From Latin argillaceus, from argilla (“clay”), from Ancient Greek ἄργιλλος (árgillos, “white clay, potter's earth”), from ἀργός (argós, “white”).