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Definition of marmoreal adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

marmoreal

adjective

/mɑːˈmɔːriəl/

/mɑːrˈmɔːriəl/

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made of or similar to marble
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Latin marmoreus (from marmor ‘marble’) + -al.

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