calcareousadj.

Brit.

/kalˈkɛːrɪəs/, U.S.

/kælˈkɛriəs/

Forms: Also calcarious.

Etymology: < Latin calcārius of lime ( < calc-em + -ārius) + -ous suffix. The spelling in -eous is influenced by words in -eous, < Latin -eus.

a. Of the nature of (carbonate of) lime; composed of or containing lime or lime-stone.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [adjective] > yielding a mineral or metal > lime or gypsum

calcareous1677

calcary1767

gypseous1771

calciferous1799

gypsiferous1847

calcariferous1853

the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > carbonates > [adjective] > carbonate of lime

calcareous1677

calcary1767

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [adjective] > calcareous

calcareous1677

calcary1767

calciferous1799

argillo-calcareous1823

calcariferous1853

1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 52 If..the stones be of the warm calcarious kind.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 13 An animal or calcarious earth, that ferments with vinegar.

1792 A. Young Trav. France 284 Rich loams on a calcareous bottom.

1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. I. 27 Eggs covered with a hard, calcareous shell.

1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 81 The calcarious grit of Berkshire.

1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) viii. 120 If a water be described simply as calcareous, it is generally assumed that the particular salt of lime which it holds in solution is the carbonate.

b. calcareous earth = lime, chalk; calcareous spar = calc-spar n.; calcareous tufa = calc-tuff n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > chalk or limestone

chalkc893

caukc1440

calcareous earth1757

1757 W. Watson in Philos. Trans. 1756 (Royal Soc.) 49 896 Ten grains of calcarious earth.

1799 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 1 255 Chalk, or calcareous earth.

1816 Sir H. Davy in Faraday Exp. Res. 4 Calcareous tufas..found in every part of Italy.

1816 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals (ed. 2) 104 Hexahedron is a solid, having of six quadrilateral planes and eight angles. .. Examples, calcareous-spar and fluor-spar.

Derivatives

calcareously adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > carbonates > [adverb] > carbonate of lime

calcareously1816

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [adverb] > calcareous

calcareously1816

1816 M. Keating Trav. Eur. & Afr. II. 167 This bank appears to be calcareously stratified.

calˈcareousness n.

ΚΠ

1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Calcareousness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	calcareous
释义	calcareousadj. Brit. /kalˈkɛːrɪəs/, U.S. /kælˈkɛriəs/ Forms: Also calcarious. Etymology: < Latin calcārius of lime ( < calc-em + -ārius) + -ous suffix. The spelling in -eous is influenced by words in -eous, < Latin -eus. a. Of the nature of (carbonate of) lime; composed of or containing lime or lime-stone. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > mineral sources > [adjective] > yielding a mineral or metal > lime or gypsum calcareous1677 calcary1767 gypseous1771 calciferous1799 gypsiferous1847 calcariferous1853 the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > carbonates > [adjective] > carbonate of lime calcareous1677 calcary1767 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [adjective] > calcareous calcareous1677 calcary1767 calciferous1799 argillo-calcareous1823 calcariferous1853 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 52 If..the stones be of the warm calcarious kind. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 13 An animal or calcarious earth, that ferments with vinegar. 1792 A. Young Trav. France 284 Rich loams on a calcareous bottom. 1803 W. Bingley Animal Biogr. I. 27 Eggs covered with a hard, calcareous shell. 1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 81 The calcarious grit of Berkshire. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) viii. 120 If a water be described simply as calcareous, it is generally assumed that the particular salt of lime which it holds in solution is the carbonate. b. calcareous earth = lime, chalk; calcareous spar = calc-spar n.; calcareous tufa = calc-tuff n. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [noun] > chalk or limestone chalkc893 caukc1440 calcareous earth1757 1757 W. Watson in Philos. Trans. 1756 (Royal Soc.) 49 896 Ten grains of calcarious earth. 1799 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 1 255 Chalk, or calcareous earth. 1816 Sir H. Davy in Faraday Exp. Res. 4 Calcareous tufas..found in every part of Italy. 1816 R. Jameson Treat. External Characters Minerals (ed. 2) 104 Hexahedron is a solid, having of six quadrilateral planes and eight angles. .. Examples, calcareous-spar and fluor-spar. Derivatives calcareously adv. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > carbonates > [adverb] > carbonate of lime calcareously1816 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > sedimentary rock > [adverb] > calcareous calcareously1816 1816 M. Keating Trav. Eur. & Afr. II. 167 This bank appears to be calcareously stratified. calˈcareousness n. ΚΠ 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Calcareousness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1677
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