orichalcum
[ awr-i-kal-kuhm ]
noun
a brass rich in zinc, prepared by the ancients.
Origin of orichalcum
11640–50; <Latin <Greek oreíchalkos literally, mountain-copper, equivalent to orei-, combining form of óros mountain + chalkós copper
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How to use orichalcum in a sentence
The roof was of ivory, adorned with gold and silver and orichalcum, and the rest of the interior was lined with orichalcum.
Critias | PlatoThus tureigua hobin, which Peter Martyr translates rex resplendens uti orichalcum,23 in Arawack means shining like something red.
The Arawack Language of Guiana in its Linguistic and Ethnological Relations | Daniel G. Brinton
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