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pseudometallic

pseudometallic adjective: falsely or imperfectly metallic in lustre.

Adjective

pseudometallic (comparative more pseudometallic, superlative most pseudometallic)

  1. Falsely or imperfectly metallic in lustre.
  2. Somewhat metallic

Forms of pseudometallic

comparativemore pseudometallic
superlativemost pseudometallic

Origin of pseudometallic

From pseudo- + metallic.

Questions about pseudometallic

What does pseudometallic mean?
Pseudometallic means falsely or imperfectly metallic in lustre.
What part of speech is pseudometallic?
Pseudometallic is an adjective.

Words near pseudometallic in the dictionary

  1. pseudomerohedrally
  2. pseudomerohedry
  3. pseudomesotheliomatous
  4. pseudomessiah
  5. pseudomessiahs
  6. pseudometallic
  7. pseudometallophyte
  8. pseudometallophytes
  9. pseudometaloph
  10. pseudometalophs
  11. pseudometameric

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