• (a.) Resembling gneiss; having some of the characteristics of gneiss; -- applied to rocks of an intermediate character between granite and gneiss, or mica slate and gneiss. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/gneissoid/
Gneis'soid (-soid) adjective [ Gneiss + -oid .] Resembling gneiss; having some of the characteristics of gneiss; -- applied to rocks of an intermediate character between granite and gneiss, or mica slate and gneiss. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/39