Talmi gold

[ tahl-mee ]

noun

1. a metal made by rolling gold on brass, used in making costume jewelry.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Talmi gold¹

First recorded in 1865–70; from German Talmigold counterfeit gold, partial translation of French Tal. mi-or, shortening of Tallois demi-or literally, T“allois half-gold,” a copper-zinc alloy with a thin gold coating, named after a 19th-century Parisian inventor