clayey

or clay·ish

[ kley-ee ]

adjective,clay·i·er, clay·i·est.
  1. covered or smeared with clay.

  2. like or resembling clay.

  1. full of or abounding in clay.

Origin of clayey

1
before 1050; Middle English cleii,Old English clǣig;see clay, -ey1

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