Meanings
comparative more parchmenty · superlative most parchmenty
- Resembling or characteristic of parchment.
The bodies that were only salted and dried remain less perfect, the features being destroyed, the hair removed, while the skin is hard and parchmenty. The Egyptian modes of embalming were copied by the Jews, Greeks, and Romans.
1887, Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, volume 7, page 542Synonyms: parchmental, parchmentlike
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveResembling or characteristic of parchment.
Origin
Translations
Polish pergaminowy
- pergaminowyresembling parchment
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