aluminous

American  

[uh-loo-muh-nuhs] / əˈlu mə nəs /

adjective

1. of the nature of or containing alum or alumina.

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aluminous British  

/ əˈluːmɪnəs, əˌluːmɪˈnɒsɪtɪ /

adjective

1. resembling aluminium

2. another word for aluminiferous

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Other Word Forms

• aluminosity noun
• semialuminous adjective

Etymology

Origin of aluminous

1535–45; < French alumineux or Latin alūminōsus; alum ¹, -ous

Example Sentences

The neighbouring mountain abounded with a very black fissile aluminous stone.

From Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 by Linn?, Carl von

Although not to be ranked with ultramarine, the stannic and aluminous blues may be described as durable, or at least as durable rather than semi-stable.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas

Earths, a term applied in geology to certain loosely aggregated siliceous and aluminous materials, the detritus of pre-existing rocks.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

You may always suspect iron to be present in water flowing from or obtained directly out of old coal pits, iron mines, or from places abounding in iron and aluminous shales.

From The Chemistry of Hat Manufacturing Lectures Delivered Before the Hat Manufacturers' Association by Shonk, Albert

The stones hereabouts were mostly fissile, horny; some black and aluminous, but generally horny and spontaneously decomposing, with silvery talc, rarely any quartz.

From Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 by Linn?, Carl von