English Explanatory Dictionary

pissasphalt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A soft, black, tarry bitumen, intermediate between petroleum and asphalt.

Word forms

pissasphalt pisasphaltum pisasphalt

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pissasphaltus, from Ancient Greek πισσάσφαλτος (pissásphaltos), from πίσσα (píssa, “pitch”) + ἄσφαλτος (ásphaltos, “asphalt”).

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