porcellaneous

Variant of porcelain

noun

  1. a hard, white, nonporous, translucent variety of ceramic ware, made of kaolin, feldspar, and quartz or flint
  2. porcelain dishes or ornaments, collectively

Origin: Fr porcelaine < It porcellana, orig., a kind of shell < porcella, little pig, vulva (< L porcellus, dim. of porcus, pig, vulva): see farrow

adjective

made of porcelain

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