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That dry, dusty mouthfeel where texture stages a hostile takeover of flavor.
means Describing something that resembles chalk — pale, dry, dusty, or powdery in texture, color, or taste.
from From "chalk," which comes from Old English "cealc," itself borrowed from Latin "calx" (limestone, lime) — the same root that gives us "calcium" and "calculate" (Romans reckoned sums with little limestone pebbles). The "-y" is the plain English suffix meaning "full of, like," so "chalky" simply means "chalk-like."
- origin
- From chalk, itself fossilized plankton skeletons
- wine
- Sommeliers prize chalky minerality as a compliment
- chemistry
- Calcium carbonate creates that bone-dry sensation
- cliffs
- Dover's white chalk is millions of years old
white cliffs of dover — famous chalk sea cliffs in kent, england, 350 feet high
chalk deposits in kansas — niobrara chalk formation spanning 70 million years of cretaceous period
champagne chalk region — limestone and chalk geology in france's champagne wine region