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coppery

adj
/ˈkɒpəɹi/UK/ˈkɑpəɹi/US

Etymology

From copper + -y.

  1. derived from Κῠ́προς — “Cyprus”
  2. derived from aes Cyprium
  3. derived from cuprum — “copper”
  4. inherited from coper
  5. inherited from coper
  6. formed as coppery — “copper + -y”

Definitions

  1. Resembling the metal copper, especially in color.

    • That night I dreamed I had a very disagreeable taste in my mouth, which caused me to spit all the time. I awoke and found my mouth full of saliva, with a coppery taste, and sure enough, I was obliged to spit.
    • Venetian women who wanted coppery hair colors applied bleaching mixtures, such as one that contained alum, sulfur, soda, and rhubarb. Then they sat in the sun, where heat produced a chemical reaction that developed the color.

  2. Containing copper, especially if abundantly.

    • an especially coppery grade of brass

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Derived

copperiness

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA