asphaltic adjective2 •Resembling, containing, or relating to asphalt or bitumen.Hears the hoarse bittern, where Gomorrah stood — 1789 •(no longer used) Of or relating to the Dead Sea (salt lake between Jordan and Israel).As Sodomes Apples, neere th’Asphalticke lake, Of specious shew, yet touch’t, to ashes turning, So are sinnes poysons sweete, yet bane to take — 1619 formsmore asphaltic · most asphaltic