pissasphalt

== English == === Alternative forms === pisasphaltum pisasphalt === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin pissasphaltus, from Ancient Greek πισσάσφαλτος (pissásphaltos), from πίσσα (píssa, “pitch”) + ἄσφαλτος (ásphaltos, “asphalt”). === Noun === pissasphalt (uncountable) (mineralogy) A soft, black, tarry bitumen, intermediate between petroleum and asphalt. ==== Translations ==== === References === “pissasphalt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.