coppern en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- kä'pərn (Canada, General-American, dialectal) of Canada
- /ˈkɒp.ən/ (Canada, Received-Pronunciation, dialectal) of the US
- kŏp'ən (Canada, Received-Pronunciation, dialectal) of the US
- /ˈkɑ.pɚn/ (Canada, General-American, dialectal) of Canada
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English copren, from Old English cypren (“made of copper”), from Proto-West Germanic *kupprīn, from Proto-West Germanic *kopr + *-īn, and/or from Latin cuprīnus, cyprīnus (“made of copper”). By surface analysis, copper + -en (“made of”). Cognate with Dutch koperen (“made of copper”), German kupfern (“made of copper”).
Meanings
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(archaic, not-comparable, poetic) Made or consisting of copper; coppery.
"Therefrom Solomon made the copper sea and the pillars and the coppern vessels."
1877, Johann Peter Lange, A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures:[…] a schema before them on a coppern (reference) figure of a person with markings of acupuncture points (youli kumiini zuruq).
2001, T︠S︡eren Korsunkievich Korsunkiev, John Richard Krueger, Ancient Oirat Books about Oriental Medicine:[...] the ministers, in order to slay him in accordance with the King's command, cut at him with all kinds of swords, but they availed naught and were unable; they put him into a coppern casket and cast him into the Ganges River.
1967, Ssanang Ssetsen, The Bejewelled Summary of the Origin of Khans:Cherokee coppern jewelry