argillaceous
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prettygoodwordargillaceous - adj., made of, containing, or resembling clay.
A term from geology, dating from 1731. From Latin, from argilla, argil, which is specifically white potter's clay, from Greek árgillos, from argós + noun suffix -- the same root from which we get argent. Argillaceous, though, doesn't imply white, just clayey.
---L.
A term from geology, dating from 1731. From Latin, from argilla, argil, which is specifically white potter's clay, from Greek árgillos, from argós + noun suffix -- the same root from which we get argent. Argillaceous, though, doesn't imply white, just clayey.
---L.
