argillaceous
/ɑɹd͡ʒɪlˈeɪʃəs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.51 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to clay; made of, containing, or resembling clay; clayey.
Example Sentences
- "[…] natural colossi from two to five hundred feet high, done in argillaceous sandstone or a singular species of conglomerate, all of which owe their existence almost entirely to the agency of wind."
- "The gleam of the land is in its rocks, the fine-grained argillaceous rocks, here, not purple or grey, but green of living stone."
Etymology
From Latin argillaceus, from argilla (“clay”), from Ancient Greek ἄργιλλος (árgillos, “white clay, potter's earth”), from ἀργός (argós, “white”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: argillaceus, ἄργιλλος
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɑɹd͡ʒɪlˈeɪʃəs/
- British English: /ɑːd͡ʒɪlˈeɪʃəs/
Inflected Forms
more argillaceous (comparative)
most argillaceous (superlative)