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copperous en · ADJ

Etymology

From copper + -ous.

Meanings

1. Coppery.
   • She calls his attention to those copperous clouds beyond the river, and says that the wind is rising. 1870 April–September, Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1870, →OCLC:
   • Calcareous, copperous, greenish stone. 1770, abbé Chappe d'Auteroche, A Journey Into Siberia: Made by Order of the King of France (page 213)

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