gneissoid

[ nahy-soid ]

adjective

1. resembling gneiss.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gneissoid¹

First recorded in 1840–50; gneiss + -oid

Example Sentences

Drifts piled high in bleak ravines, and the grim gneissoid crags were begirt with gigantic icicles.

From Project Gutenberg

Outcrops of a gneissoid schist on the valley sides and rapids in the stream bear witness to the youthfulness of this portion of the river channel.

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Drifts piled high in bleak ravines, and the grim gneissoid crags were begirt with gigantic icicles.

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It produced effects varying from granite with a rude gneissoid appearance, through a banded fine gneiss, into a fine quartz schist or slate.

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These slaty and gneissoid planes are seen to be parallel to the direction and attitude of the sediments, wherever they are near enough for comparison.

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