multimarbled

English

Etymology

From multi- +‎ marbled.

Adjective

multimarbled (not comparable)

1. Containing many marbles.
   • 1903, Thomas Hardy, “Genoa and the Mediterranean”, in Poems of the Past and the Present, 2nd edition, London, New York: Macmillan, →OCLC, page 40:

     And multimarbled Genova the Proud,
     Gleam all unconscious how, wide-lipped, up-browed,
     I first beheld thee clad—not as the Beauty but the Dowd.

   • 1943, Jack Howard Sanders, Chains of Shadows: A Romance of Judas Iscariot‎^[1], London, Edinburgh: Fleming H. Revell Company, →OCLC, page 77:

     Originally famous for the colossal statue of Apollo by Bryaxes and the magnificent multimarbled temple enclosing it, the garden more recently had been known for its healing shrines and miraculous balms to ease every human heartache or trouble.