marmorate

English

Alternative forms

• marmorated

Etymology

Latin marmoratus, past participle of marmorate (“to overlay with marble”).

Adjective

marmorate (comparative more marmorate, superlative most marmorate)

1. variegated like marble
2. covered or overlaid with marble

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “marmorate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin

Participle

marmorāte

1. vocative masculine singular of marmorātus