Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

marlacious

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mar-la-cious
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Containing large quantities of marl.

Example Sentences

"Marlacious shales, limestones, and clays contain enough marl to give them some of its characteristics."
"In the Perigord, the structure of Upper Cretaceous limestones is highly variable according to temporal facies, alternating from dolomitic to marlacious (Laville 1973)."
"There is a real figurative homogeneity in the statuettes, even when fabricated from diverse raw materials (ivory and marlacious limestone for the Kostenki group)."
"A new emotional wave splashed her—a wave called sinking through marlacious earth and discovery of coarse-grained pain in the rocks of the heart."

Etymology

From marl + -acious.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: marl

Inflected Forms

more marlacious (comparative) most marlacious (superlative)

Questions

What does marlacious mean?: Containing large quantities of marl.
Where does marlacious come from?: From marl + -acious.

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