porcellaneous

Variant of porcelain

porcelain definition

por·ce·lain (pôr′sə lin, pôrs′lin)

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

Etymology: 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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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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