See Also: Marrucinian(dictionary)

plinthite (iou) and Marrucinian (iou)


plinthite (iou)



plinthite noun. M19.
[from Greek plinthos (see PLINTH) + -ITE1.]
A brick-red kind of clay; now usu. spec. (Soil Science), a reddish lateritic soil.

Marrucinian (iou)



Marrucinian adjective & noun. L16.
[from Latin Marrucini Marrucinians + -AN.]
Hist.
A. adjective. Designating, of, or pertaining to an Oscan-Umbrian people living near Teate in ancient E. Italy. L16.
b. noun.
A member of this people. M19.
The language of this people. M20.
Ma'rrucian noun (long rare or obsolete) = MARRUCINIAN noun 1 L16.
Ma'rrucine noun (long rare or obsolete) = MARRUCINIAN noun 1 E17.