gypseous

[ jip-see-uhs ]

adjective

1. of or relating to gypsum.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gypseous¹

From the Late Latin word gypseus, dating back to 1655–65. See gypsum, -eous

Example Sentences

Delicate objects in gypseous alabaster can only be safely cleaned with benzol, or with pure oil of turpentine.

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The gypseous variety is also bronzed and hardened in a similar way to that adopted for casts in the latter substance.

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Valuable beds of gypseous marl exist in the vicinity of the Wachita, which admit of being worked to great advantage.

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In Cheshire and Lancashire the gypseous and saliferous red shales and loams of the Trias are between 1000 and 1500 feet thick.

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But this is the case; we find those fissures filled both with calcareous, gypseous, and pyritous substances.

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