Meanings
adjectiveargillous (comparative more argillous, superlative most argillous)
comparative more argillous · superlative most argillous
- archaicclayey; argillaceous
the colour of the sand and argillous earth at the bottom [of the sea]
1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
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Origin
- Latinargillosus
- Englishargillous
From Latin argillosus, from argilla. See argil.
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