gypsous, a.
(ˈdʒɪpsəs)
[f. gyps-um + -ous. Cf. F. gypseux.]
= gypseous 1 and 2.
| 1655 Fuller Hist. Camb. 129 An exhalation in moist weather out of Gipsous or plaisterly ground. 1811 Pinkerton Petral. I. 501 The statues of the superb mausoleum..are of gypsous alabaster. 1852 Th. Ross Humboldt's Trav. III. xxxii. 394 Nothing..proves the independence of those arenaceous and gypsous soils. |