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   vitreous

   /ˈvɪtrɪəs/

   adjective

   • 1. like glass in appearance or physical properties: "a coarse-grained rock with much grey vitreous quartz"
   • ▪ (of a substance) derived from or containing glass: "vitreous china"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin vitreus (from vitrum ‘glass’) + -ous.

   Derivatives

   • 1. vitreousness noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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