stalactitic
English
Etymology
From stalactite + -ic.
Adjective
stalactitic (comparative more stalactitic, superlative most stalactitic)
- Consisting of or resembling stalactites.
- 1822, Phillip Parker King, Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2]:
- Dr. MacCulloch describes calcareous concretions, found in banks of sand in Perthshire, which present a great variety of stalactitic forms, generally more or less complicated, and often exceedingly intricate and strange […].
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