Definition of Peperino

1. Noun. (geology) A light, porous volcanic rock composed of small grains of sand etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Peperino

1. a type of rock [n -S]

Medical Definition of Peperino

1. A volcanic rock, formed by the cementing together of sand, scoria, cinders, etc. Origin: It. Peperino, L. Piper pepper. So called on account of its colour. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peperino

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peoplish
peorias
pep
pep pill
pep pills
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pep squad
pep squads
pep talk
pep talks
pep up
pepastic
peperino (current term)
peperinos
pepernoot
peperomia
peperomias
peperoncini
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pepita
pepitas
pepla
peplis

Literary usage of Peperino

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics by Thomas Thomson (1814)
"The beds of peperino descend towards the lake on that side which looks towards mount Albanus, because they were lifted out of their original position by the ..."

2. Journal by Royal Institution of Great Britain (1891)
"... on peperino ». It was illustrated by some remarkable fossils from the Museum of the Istituto Tecnico near S. Pietro in Vincoli by favor of Professor ..."

3. A Handy-book of Rock Names, with Brief Descriptions of the Rocks by G. Henry Kinahan (1873)
"K. Volcanic Tufa and peperino ... or trachyte aggregates, which are grey or whitish ; while the name peperino denotes the ..."

4. What Rome was Built with: A Description of the Stones Employed in Ancient by Mary Winearls Porter (1907)
"A few ruins in peperino are still to be seen at ... peperino was, and is still, quarried at Marino, ..."

5. What Rome was Built with: A Description of the Stones Employed in Ancient by Mary Winearls Porter (1907)
"A few ruins in peperino are still to be seen at Gabii; and in Rome it was employed in that marvel of ... peperino was, and is still, quarried at Marino, ..."

6. An Epitome of Niebuhr's History of Rome: With Chronological Tables and an by Barthold Georg Niebuhr (1836)
"ON THE peperino AND TRAVERTINO OF THE ITALIANS. ... The peperino which the Romans employed in the time of the kings is supposed to have been quarried at the ..."

7. Historic and Monumental Rome: A Handbook for the Students of Classical and by Charles Isidore Hemans (1874)
"... stone (peperino) in the quiet atrium. Here did the ruler of the Roman world inhabit during forty years, sleeping throughout all seasons in the same ..."

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