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

Perhaps this is why the printed tourist information asks visitors to cast their eyes elsewhere and enjoy “the beautiful marmoreal floor realized in 1716 by the artists of murble Francesco Camanlino and Alojsio Mira.”

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2020

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 • Oct. 22, 2018

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2018

Consider St. John in his chilled marmoreal loveliness—“It is seldom, indeed, an English face comes so near the antique models.”

From Slate • Apr. 5, 2016

Attired in ducal robes, they lie in state; and the sculptor has carved the lashes on their eyelids heavy with death's marmoreal sleep.

From New Italian sketches by Symonds, John Addington