Meanings
adjectivearenilitic (not comparable)
- not comparablegeographyOf or pertaining to sandstone.
arenilitic mountains
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If among several strata of these , only one or two of sandstone occur, I still call the soil argillaceous, and not arenilitic. The soils about Whitehaven, and Newcastle, are of this sort
1799, Richard Kirwan, Geological Essays
Origin
- Ancient Greekλίθος“stone”
- Latinarena“sand”
- Englisharenilitic
Latin arena (“sand”) + Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”).
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