gypseous

American  

[jip-see-uhs] / ˈdʒɪp si əs /

adjective

1. of or relating to gypsum.

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Etymology

Origin of gypseous

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

Example Sentences

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gypseous

Even in these days, when commerce and industry have fallen so low in those regions, the gypseous alabaster from the neighbourhood of Mossoul is transported in no unimportant quantities as far as Bagdad.

From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Sir Walter Armstrong

Sicily, fauna and flora of, older than the country itself. —, newer Pliocene strata of. —, subterranean igneous action in. —, undulating gypseous marls of. —, volcanic dikes of.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Sir Charles Lyell

These effects are the same, whether the caverns form one long and continued range, or several of these ranges lie one over another, as happens almost exclusively in gypseous mountains.

From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Thomasina Ross

Associated with the salt in the superficial beds, there are numerous, thin, horizontal layers of impure, dirty-white, friable, gypseous and calcareous tuffs.

From Geological Observations on South America by Charles Darwin

I believe the superficial gypseous deposit is widely extended: I received specimens of it from Pisagua, forty miles north of Iquique, and likewise from Arica, where it coats a layer of pure salt.

From Geological Observations on South America by Charles Darwin