paleocrystic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παλαιός (palaiós, “old”) + κρύος (krúos, “frost”).

Adjective

paleocrystic (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to, or derived from a former glacial formation; composed of ancient ice.
   • 1975, E.L. Doctorow, Ragtime, page 67:

     It [sc. a photo] shows five stubby figures wrapped in furs, the flag set in a paleocrystic peak behind them that might suggest a real physical Pole.