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单词 pumicose
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pumicoseadj.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pūmicōsus.
Etymology: < classical Latin pūmicōsus resembling pumice (Pliny) < pūmic- , pūmex + -ōsus -ose suffix1. Compare earlier pumicous adj. N.E.D.(1909) gives the pronunciation as (piūmik ōus) /ˈpjuːmɪkəʊs/.
Obsolete. rare.
= pumiceous adj.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > igneous rock > [adjective] > volcanic > lava > pumice
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1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 504 Fragments amorphous, blunt. Weight, pumicose.
a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) I. App. 435 The original cavity has been subsequently occupied by a pumicose deposit.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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