argillous
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin argillosus, from argilla. See argil.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
argillous (comparative more argillous, superlative most argillous)
- (archaic) clayey; argillaceous
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
- the colour of the sand and argillous earth at the bottom [of the sea]
Translations edit
argillaceous — see argillaceous
References edit
- “argillous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.