Trachytic

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to or composed of trachyte. not-comparable

    "One is overwhelmed by the contemplation of these innumerable sculptures, worked with delicacy and artistic feeling in a hard, intractable, trachytic rock, and all found in one tropical island."

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"One is overwhelmed by the contemplation of these innumerable sculptures, worked with delicacy and artistic feeling in a hard, intractable, trachytic rock, and all found in one tropical island."

Etymology

From trachyte + -ic.

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