bardiglio

noun

bar·​di·​glio

bärˈdēl(ˌ)yō

plural -s

: an Italian marble commonly having a dark gray or bluish ground traversed by veins and occurring in its principal varieties in the neighborhood of Carrara and in Corsica

Word History

Etymology

Italian, from Italian dialect bardiglio grayish (It pardiglio) from Spanish pardillo grayish, brown, from pardo gray, brown, probably from Latin pardus panther; from the color of the panther

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