argillaceous UK /ɑːd͡ʒɪlˈeɪʃəs/US /ɑɹd͡ʒɪlˈeɪʃəs/ adjective1 •Pertaining to clay; made of, containing, or resembling clay; clayey.[…] natural colossi from two to five hundred feet high, done in argillaceous sandstone or a singular species of conglomerate, all of which owe their existence almost entirely to the agency of wind. — 1864 formsmore argillaceous · most argillaceous