coppery

[ kop-uh-ree ]

adjective

1. of, resembling, or containing copper.
2. being reddish-brown in color; copper-colored.

Word History and Origins

Origin of coppery¹

First recorded in 1785–95; copper ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

Her finely penciled lips are a coppery brown, playing off her salmon-colored suit and her reddish hair.

From The Daily Beast

They looked like maps of an archipelago, their natural pink-white hue splotched with huge, coppery splats.

From The Daily Beast

Zemeckis, a former Cinemax—or, to be precise, Skinemax—mainstay, has Rita Hayworth cheekbones and wavy, coppery hair.

From The Daily Beast

At half a yard below the shaft we found a lively coppery ore, with its particles of silver.

From Project Gutenberg

The frightful spectacle seemed to be seen through some transparent glass tinted with a coppery red.

From Project Gutenberg

He could not mistake that crown of wonderful golden hair in which slight coppery tints appeared, and the face, pale now.

From Project Gutenberg

She had large, deep eyes and a full mouth; and there was a chain of silver and golden coins twisted into her coppery hair.

From Project Gutenberg

A bright, coppery light flooded the interior of the meteor, seeming to radiate from its walls.

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