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porcellaneous, a.|pɔəsəˈleɪnɪəs|
Also 9 -ela-.
[f. It. porcellana porcelain + -eous.]
Of the nature of or resembling porcelain.
1799Hatchett in Phil. Trans. LXXXIX. 316 Of the porcellaneous shells, various species of Voluta, Cypræa, and others of a similar nature, were examined. 1800Ibid. XC. 327 The porcellaneous shells resemble the enamel of teeth in the mode of formation. 1851Woodward Mollusca i. 91 The shell of the ammonitidæ..consists of an external porcellaneous layer..and of an internal nacreous lining. 1880Archæologia XLVI. 79 From the twenty-fifth century b.c.to the ninth century b.c., an opaque or porcellaneous glass..was pretty extensively manufactured.
So porcellaˈnaceous, a. in same sense (Ogilvie 1882); porceˈllanian, of or pertaining to the porcelain crabs Porcellana (Cent. Dict. 1890). |