Containing, consisting of, or resembling aluminum; composed largely of aluminum or aluminum compounds.
From alumen (Latin for alum or aluminum salt) + -ous (full of). Following the pattern of Latin-derived adjectives describing mineral composition.
When chemists first discovered new elements, they created adjectives like 'aluminous' to describe rocks and minerals rich in that element—it's how they catalogued Earth's composition.
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