marbled

English

Adjective

marbled (comparative more marbled, superlative most marbled)

1. Composed of marble; having a marble exterior.
   • c. 1605–1608, 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.
4. (meat) Interlaced with fat.

Derived terms

• marbled godwit
• marbled murrelet
• marbled newt
• marbled polecat

 

Translations

composed of marble

• German: marmorn (de)
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having marbling

• German: marmoriert (de), geädert
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resembling marble

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

interlaced with fat

• German: marmoriert (de), durchwachsen (de)
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Verb

marbled

1. simple past and past participle of marble

Anagrams

• blarmed, rambled