Meanings
comparative more argillaceous · superlative most argillaceous
- geographyPertaining to clay; made of, containing, or resembling clay; clayey.
The gleam of the land is in its rocks, the fine-grained argillaceous rocks, here, not purple or grey, but green of living stone.
1994, Jeanette Winterson, Art & Lies, page 1041 more example
[…] 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.
1864, Fitz-Hugh Ludlow, The Atlantic
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekἄργιλλος“white clay, potter's earth”
- Latinargillaceus
- Englishargillaceous
From Latin argillaceus, from argilla (“clay”), from Ancient Greek ἄργιλλος (árgillos, “white clay, potter's earth”), from ἀργός (argós, “white”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian глинест, съдържащ глина
- глинест (glinest)pertaining to clay
- съдържащ глинаpertaining to clay
Finnish savinen
- savinenpertaining to clay
French argilacé, argileux
- argilacépertaining to clay
- argileuxpertaining to clay
German tonartig, tonhaltig
- tonartigpertaining to clay
- tonhaltigpertaining to clay
Italian argilloso
- argillosopertaining to clay
Latin argillaceus
- argillaceuspertaining to clay
Polish gliniasty
- gliniastypertaining to clay
Portuguese argiloso, argiláceo
- argilosopertaining to clay
- argiláceopertaining to clay
Russian гли́нистый
- гли́нистый (glínistyj)pertaining to clay
Spanish arcilloso
- arcillosopertaining to clay
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with argillaceous
Cite this entry
argillaceous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/argillaceous
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