This week’s theme
Illustrated words

This week’s words
succulent
marmorean
afflatus
peregrination
ostentatious

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PRONUNCIATION:

(mahr-MOHR-ee-uhn)

MEANING:

adjective: Resembling marble or a marble statue, for example, in smoothness, whiteness, hardness, coldness, or aloofness.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin marmor (marble). Earliest documented use: 1656.

USAGE:

“The museum is housed in a large marmorean white building.”
William Wilson; Surprising Mix at New Museum; Los Angeles Times; Apr 13, 1987.

See more usage examples of marmorean in Vocabulary.com’s dictionary.

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