Synonyms

cupreous

American

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

adjective

copper-colored; metallic reddish-brown.
consisting of or containing copper; copperlike.

cupreous British

/ ˈkjuːprɪəs /

adjective

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

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And this bright cupreous dolphin was spawned and has passed its life beneath the level of your feet in your native fields.

From A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Thoreau, Henry David

Beside this I got a rare mess of golden and silver and bright cupreous fishes, which looked like a string of jewels.

From Walden by Thoreau, Henry David

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

From Zoonomia, Vol. I Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

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