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basaltine

basaltine adjective: consisting of, or resembling, basalt.

Adjective

basaltine (comparative more basaltine, superlative most basaltine)

  1. (obsolete) Consisting of, or resembling, basalt.
    • In this character she is represented by a small basaltine figure, of Egyptian sculpture, at Strawberry Hill, which is covered over with symbols of various kinds from top to bottom.1786, Richard Payne Knight, On the Worship of Priapus, section X

Forms of basaltine

comparativemore basaltine
superlativemost basaltine

Origin of basaltine

From basalt + -ine.

Questions about basaltine

What does basaltine mean?
Basaltine means consisting of, or resembling, basalt.
What part of speech is basaltine?
Basaltine is an adjective.

Words near basaltine in the dictionary

  1. basaltic magma
  2. basaltic magmas
  3. basaltically
  4. basalticlastic
  5. basaltiform
  6. basaltine
  7. basaltoid
  8. basaltoids
  9. basalts
  10. basaltware
  11. basaluminite

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