micaceous
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, pertaining to, consisting of, containing or resembling mica.
Example Sentences
- "Formation of alteration minerals in the host rock during deformation within the shear zone is indicated by the parallel foliation within the secondary micaceous minerals and the unmineralized host schist."
- "Apart from the two or three bird masks, the only other zoomorphic mask was a wolf frontlet of cedar decorated in micaceous black paint with dentalium teeth, dentalium being an important form of wealth with some of the attributes of a currency."
- "In AD 1500, it would appear, the Apache and Pueblo micaceous pottery traditions were separate, if not independent, developments, and thus both Felipe Ortega and Sharon Dryflower Reyna may be correct."
- "The book review was a micaceous example of perfection."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)meyk- Proto-Italic *(s)mīkā? Proto-Indo-European *meyk- Proto-Italic *meikā? Latin mīcabor. English mica English -aceous English micaceous From mica + -aceous. From Latin mīca (“grain, crumb”). Often erroneously associated with Latin micō (“to twinkle, glitter”) and hence with English micacious.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: mīca
Inflected Forms
more micaceous (comparative)
most micaceous (superlative)