Associations to the word «Porphyritic»

Wiktionary

PORPHYRITIC, adjective. Of or pertaining to porphyry
PORPHYRITIC, adjective. (geology) containing large crystals in a fine mass of material

Dictionary definition

PORPHYRITIC, adjective. (of rocks) consisting of porphyry or containing large crystals in a fine groundmass of minerals.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats