marmoreal
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- marmoreally adverb
Etymology
Origin of marmoreal
1790–1800; < Latin marmore ( us ) made of marble ( marble, -eous ) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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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
It is, with almost all these dancers, marmoreal.
From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2012
For Chopin is not the cool breadth and marmoreal majesty of blank verse.
From Chopin : the Man and His Music by Huneker, James
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