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schisty

schisty adjective: containing or composed of schist; resembling schist; (of a wine) having a mineral aroma resembling that of schist.

Adjective

schisty (comparative more schisty, superlative most schisty)

  1. Containing or composed of schist; resembling schist; (of a wine) having a mineral aroma resembling that of schist
    • The Upper Douro wine began to fetch great prices, and this was the signal for the cultivation, bit by bit, of the whole region as far as the schisty soil, which gave the good wine, reached.1884, Reports from Her Majesty's Consuls on the Manufactures, Commerce, &c. of Their Consular Districts, Parts 1-5, Harrison & Sons, p. 114...
    • At times he loved it best in Wet Season — when the creeks were running and the swamps were full — when the multi-coloured schisty rocks split golden waterfalls — […]1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VII, in Capricornia, page 90

Forms of schisty

comparativemore schisty
superlativemost schisty

Origin of schisty

From schist + -y.

Words that rhyme with schisty

Questions about schisty

What does schisty mean?
Schisty means containing or composed of schist; resembling schist; (of a wine) having a mineral aroma resembling that of schist.
What part of speech is schisty?
Schisty is an adjective.

Words near schisty in the dictionary

  1. schistosomules
  2. schistosomulum
  3. schistous
  4. schists
  5. schistus
  6. schisty
  7. Schitu
  8. Schitu Duca
  9. Schitu Golești
  10. schitz
  11. schitzed

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