paleocrystic

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós, “old”) + κρύος (krúos, “frost”).

Adjective[edit]

paleocrystic (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or derived from a former glacial formation; composed of ancient ice.
    • 1975, E.L. Doctorow, Ragtime, page 67:
      It [sc. a photo] shows five stubby figures wrapped in furs, the flag set in a paleocrystic peak behind them that might suggest a real physical Pole.
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