cupreous

American  

[kyoo-pree-uhs, koo-] / ˈkyu pri əs, ˈku- /

adjective

1. copper-colored; metallic reddish-brown.

2. consisting of or containing copper; copperlike.

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cupreous British  

/ ˈkjuːprɪəs /

adjective

1. of, consisting of, containing, or resembling copper; coppery

2. of the reddish-brown colour of copper

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Etymology

Origin of cupreous

1660–70; < Late Latin cupreus, equivalent to cupr ( um ) copper ¹ + -eus -eous

Example Sentences

Cupreous, kūp′rē-us, Cupric, kūp′rik, adj. of or containing copper.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg

Cupreous: the metallic red of pure shining copper.

From Project Gutenberg

Face silvery; antennæ testaceous, black towards the tips, arista full as long as the thorax; thorax with three cupreous stripes; pectus silvery; abdomen with cupreous purple bands and with whitish spots along each side; legs testaceous, tarsi and hind tibiæ black; wings slightly greyish, blackish brown along the costa and about the transverse veins, veins black, fore branch of the præbrachial vein curved inward, discal transverse vein undulating; halteres testaceous.

From Project Gutenberg

Vertex bluish-purple; face and pectus silvery; antennæ testaceous, arista about half the length of the body; fourth and fifth segments of the abdomen deep black with a cupreous band on the hind border of each segment, tip blue; legs and halteres testaceous; wings greyish, paler along the hind border, tips black, fore branch of the præbrachial vein slightly curved inward, discal transverse vein slightly undulating.

From Project Gutenberg

Hence repeated vomits, and cupreous salts, and small doses of squill or foxglove, are so efficacious in this disease.

From Project Gutenberg