Parchmenty
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Resembling or characteristic of parchment.
"The bodies that were only salted and dried remain less perfect, the features being destroyed, the hair removed, while the skin is hard and parchmenty. The Egyptian modes of embalming were copied by the Jews, Greeks, and Romans."
Example
More examples"The bodies that were only salted and dried remain less perfect, the features being destroyed, the hair removed, while the skin is hard and parchmenty. The Egyptian modes of embalming were copied by the Jews, Greeks, and Romans."
Etymology
From parchment + -y.
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