argillous

English

Etymology

From Latin argillosus, from argilla. See argil.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒɪləs/

Adjective

argillous (comparative more argillous, superlative most argillous)

clayey; argillaceous
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
  the colour of the sand and argillous earth at the bottom [of the sea]

Translations

argillaceous — see argillaceous

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for argillous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

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