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gneissoid
[ nahy-soid ]
/ ˈnaɪ sɔɪd /
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adjective
resembling gneiss.
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How to use gneissoid in a sentence
Drifts piled high in bleak ravines, and the grim gneissoid crags were begirt with gigantic icicles.
The Christmas Miracle|Charles Egbert Craddock (AKA Mary Noailles Murfree)At this distance, rapids commence, and the bed of the river exhibited greenstone and gneissoid boulders.