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4. That's great. I've always been curious about the word 'marmorated' ...

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Wed Aug 27, 2025, 11:37 AM

Aug 27

... as in 'brown marmorated stink bug', one of the banes of my garden, if they show up. I never bothered to look it up, but now I know it means 'overlaid with marble'. Oxford English Dictionary says it's obsolete, and their only evidence of its use is in 1731 (?). I don't know if that's accurate, but now it's obvious why it was used to name this bug.

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Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (overlaid with marble)

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Cool word: Marmoreal. [View all] NNadir Aug 27 OP

I, too, love earning new words, and always will. 3catwoman3 Aug 27 #1

Spoken like a true poet. NNadir Aug 27 #2

I've been to the Lincoln marmoreal. Harker Aug 27 #3

That's great. I've always been curious about the word 'marmorated' ... rog Aug 27 #4