marmoreal

[ mahr-mawr-ee-uhl ]

adjective

1. of or like marble:

   skin of marmoreal smoothness.

marmoreal

/ mɑːˈmɔːrɪəl /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling marble

   a marmoreal complexion

Derived Forms

• marˈmoreally, adverb

Other Words From

• mar·mo·re·al·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of marmoreal¹

1790–1800; < Latin marmore ( us ) made of marble ( marble, -eous ) + -al ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of marmoreal¹

C18: from Latin marmoreus, from marmor marble

Example Sentences

In one of many revivals, it became a mainstay of millennial interiors in the 2010s, thanks partly to the popularity of the British designer Max Lamb’s innovative large-aggregate Marmoreal version, developed in 2014.

From New York Times

But it turns out that Hitchcock’s instincts were more in tune with material that dealt with twinning, sexual competition and necrophilic obsession: Where his “Rebecca” exerted mesmerizing power by way of its marmoreal beauty and creepy psychodynamics, Wheatley’s is simply a plotty, garden-variety melodrama.

From Washington Post

Perhaps this is why the printed tourist information asks visitors to cast their eyes elsewhere and enjoy “the beautiful marmoreal floor realized in 1716 by the artists of murble Francesco Camanlino and Alojsio Mira.”

From New York Times

A copse outside a mine stands “coated in a marmoreal haze.”

From New York Times

The familiar words—“I like your shoes”—almost escaped her notice, since the sky behind them was the same marmoreal gray as the ice.

From The New Yorker