asphaltic

== English == === Etymology === From asphalt +‎ -ic. === Adjective === asphaltic (comparative more asphaltic, superlative most asphaltic) Resembling, containing, or relating to asphalt or bitumen. Synonym: bituminous 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, Canto 4, lines 275-276, in The Botanic Garden, London: J. Johnson, p. 166,[2] On mouldering piles amid asphaltic mud [the pilgrim] Hears the hoarse bittern, where Gomorrah stood; (obsolete) Of or relating to the Dead Sea (salt lake between Jordan and Israel). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References ===