chryselephantine en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /kɹɪsɛlɪˈfæntɪn/
Etymology
Etymology tree Phoenician 𐤇𐤓𐤑 (ḥrṣ)bor.? Proto-Hellenic *kʰrusós Ancient Greek χρυσός (khrusós) Proto-Afroasiatic *leb- Egyptian ꜣbwbor.? Ancient Greek ἐλέφας (eléphas) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Ancient Greek -ινος (-inos) Ancient Greek ἐλεφάντινος (elephántinos) Ancient Greek χρυσελεφάντινος (khruselephántinos)bor. English chryselephantine From Ancient Greek χρυσελεφάντινος (khruselephántinos), from χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”) + ἐλεφάντινος (elephántinos, “of ivory”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Made of gold and ivory.
I drew near and perceived that the light came from a precious stone as big as an ostrich egg, set at the upper end of the alcove upon a little chryselephantine couch of ivory and gold; and this jewel, blazing like the sun, cast its rays wide and side.
1885–1888, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, “Night 17”, in A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume (please specify the volume), [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC:
Translations (11)
ru хрисоэлефанти́нный (made of gold and ivory) · es criselefantino (made of gold and ivory) · grc χρυσελεφάντινος (made of gold and ivory) · fi kullasta ja norsunluusta tehty (made of gold and ivory) · fr chryséléphantin (made of gold and ivory) · it criselefantino (made of gold and ivory) · pt criselefantino (made of gold and ivory) · el χρυσελεφάντινος (made of gold and ivory) · ca criselefantí (made of gold and ivory) · pl but see zrobiony ze złota i kości słoniowej (made of gold and ivory) · de chryselephantin (made of gold and ivory)