[1840–50; gyps(um) + -i- + -ferous]This word is first recorded in the period 1840–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bypass, flan, layout, organizer, sensationalism-i- is the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Latin words, as -o- is of Greek words, but often used in English with a first element of any origin,if the second element is of Latin origin. Other words that use the affix -i- include: Frenchify, cuneiform; -ferous is a combining form meaning “bearing,” “producing,” “yielding,” “containing,” “conveying,”used in the formation of compound words. Other words that use the affix -ferous include: coniferous, pestiferous
Examples of 'gypsiferous' in a sentence
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We highly recommended using this developed method to separate soil particles from the gypsiferous soils.
Magboul Sulieman, Abd El-Azeem Sallam 2016, 'Improved method to determine particle size distribution for some gypsiferous soils.A case study from Al-Ahsa Governorate, Saudi Arabia', Eurasian Journal of Soil Sciencehttp://ejss.fesss.org/10.18393/ejss.2016.4.322-331. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)