bardiglio

noun bar·di·glio \ bärˈdēl(ˌ)yō \

Definition of bardiglio

plural -s

: an Italian marble commonly having a dark gray or bluish ground traversed by veins and occurring in its principal varieties in the neighborhood of Carrara and in Corsica

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Origin and Etymology of bardiglio

Italian, from Italian dialect bardiglio grayish (It pardiglio) from Spanish pardillo grayish, brown, from pardo gray, brown, probably from Latin pardus panther; from the color of the panther