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micaceous en · ADJ

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)meyk- Proto-Italic *(s)mīkā? Proto-Indo-European *meyk- Proto-Italic *meikā? Latin mīcabor. English mica English -aceous English micaceous From mica + -aceous. From Latin mīca (“grain, crumb”). Often erroneously associated with Latin micō (“to twinkle, glitter”) and hence with English micacious.

Meanings

1. Of, pertaining to, consisting of, containing or resembling mica.
   • In AD 1500, it would appear, the Apache and Pueblo micaceous pottery traditions were separate, if not independent, developments, and thus both Felipe Ortega and Sharon Dryflower Reyna may be correct. 1999, Duane Anderson, The Emergence of Native American Micaceous Art Pottery in Northern New Mexico, page 36:
   • Apart from the two or three bird masks, the only other zoomorphic mask was a wolf frontlet of cedar decorated in micaceous black paint with dentalium teeth, dentalium being an important form of wealth with some of the attributes of a currency. 1999, Jonathan C. H. King, First Peoples, First Contacts: Native Peoples of North America, page 138:
   • Formation of alteration minerals in the host rock during deformation within the shear zone is indicated by the parallel foliation within the secondary micaceous minerals and the unmineralized host schist. 1983, Warren C. Day, Richard M. Tosdal, E.L. Acosta, J.C. Aruspon, L. Carvajal, E. Cedeño, Glenda Lowry, L.F. Martinez, J.A. Noriega, Fernanco J. Niñez, J. Rojas, F. Prieto, “Geology of the Lo Indreíble Mining District and U-Pb Age of the Early Proterozoic Yuruari Formation of the Pastora Supergroup, Guayana Shield, Venezuela”, in U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin, numbers 2122-2127, page E-12:
2. (figuratively) sparkling; brilliant
   • The book review was a micaceous example of perfection.

Forms

Deriveds

nonmicaceous · unmicaceous · talcomicaceous

Translations (5)

es micáceo (of, pertaining to, consisting of, containing or resembling mica) · fr micacé (of, pertaining to, consisting of, containing or resembling mica) · it micaceo (of, pertaining to, consisting of, containing or resembling mica) · pt micáceo (of, pertaining to, consisting of, containing or resembling mica) · mk ли́скунов (of, pertaining to, consisting of, containing or resembling mica)