marmoreal

American  

[mahr-mawr-ee-uhl] / mɑrˈmɔr i əl /

Also marmorean

adjective

1. of or like marble.

   skin of marmoreal smoothness.

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marmoreal British  

/ mɑːˈmɔːrɪəl /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling marble

   a marmoreal complexion

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Other Word Forms

• marmoreally adverb

Etymology

Origin of marmoreal

1790–1800; < Latin marmore ( us ) made of marble ( marble, -eous ) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

A copse outside a mine stands “coated in a marmoreal haze.”

From New York Times

The familiar words—“I like your shoes”—almost escaped her notice, since the sky behind them was the same marmoreal gray as the ice.

From The New Yorker

Over the centuries, many art restorers and dealers felt obliged to vigorously scrub Greek and Roman objects, so as to enhance their marmoreal gleam—and their collectibility.

From The New Yorker

The marmoreal perfections of its verse seemed to reflect the grand façades of the Roman state itself: Augustus boasted that he found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble.

From The New Yorker

Then there’s the marmoreal serenity of the shoulder lines.

From The Wall Street Journal