marbled

English

Etymology

From marble + -ed.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

marbled (comparative more marbled, superlative most marbled)

1. Composed of marble; having a marble exterior.

   Synonym: bemarbled

   • c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii], page 92, column 1:

     Goe great with Tygers, Dragons, Wolues, and Beares,
     Teeme with new Monſters, whom thy vpward face
     Hath to the Marbled Manſion all aboue
     Neuer preſented.

2. Having marbling.
3. Resembling marble.
   • 1998, Derek Beaven, chapter 9, in Acts of Mutiny, London: Fourth Estate, →ISBN, part 1 (Motion), page 34:

     The hanging-bowl lampshade in marbled glass was two decades pre-war – the kind that marked out aged people.

4. (meat) Interlaced with fat.

Derived terms

• marbled cat
• marbled crayfish
• marbled duck
• marbled eel
• marbled frog
• marbled goby
• marbled godwit
• marbled murrelet
• marbled newt
• marbled orb-weaver
• marbled polecat
• marbled salamander
• marbled white
• multimarbled
• unmarbled

Translations

composed of marble

• German: marmorn (de)

having marbling

• German: marmoriert (de), geädert (de)

resembling marble

• German: marmorn (de), marmoriert (de)
• Italian: marmorizzato (it)
• Spanish: marmolado (es), marmoleado (es), jaspeado (es)

interlaced with fat

• Dutch: doorregen (nl)
• German: marmoriert (de), durchwachsen (de)

Verb

marbled

1. simple past and past participle of marble

Anagrams

• blarmed, rambled