auriferous
/ɔːˈɹɪfəɹəs/
auriferous adjective: containing or producing gold; gold-bearing.
Adjective
auriferous (comparative more auriferous, superlative most auriferous)
- Containing or producing gold; gold-bearing.
- Rocks rich in gems, and mountains big with mines, / That on the high equator ridgy riſe, / Whence many a burſting ſtream auriferous plays: [...]a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Summer”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC, pages 70–71, lines 646–648
- To these [compounds] belong native gold, alloys of gold and silver, and the argentiferous gold, or auriferous silver, obtained from the assayings of auriferous minerals and ores.1854, Carl Friedrich Plattner, Sheridan Muspratt, The Use of the Blowpipe in the Qualitative and Quantitative Examination of Minerals, Ores, Furnace Products, and Other Metallic Combinations
auriferous meaning in Tamil and Bengali
auriferous in Tamil
- பொன்கொண்ட, பொன் விளையும்
auriferous in Bengali
- স্বর্ণযুক্ত
Forms of auriferous
| comparative | more auriferous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most auriferous |
Origin of auriferous
From Latin aurifer (“gold-bearing”) + the English suffix -ous. The Latin term in turn derived from aurum (“gold”) + ferō (“to carry”).
Words formed from auriferous
Words that rhyme with auriferous
- melliferous
- proliferous
- aestiferous
- antheriferous
- aquiferous
- conchiferous
- cruciferous
- culmiferous
- foraminiferous
- gemmiferous
- herbiferous
- luciferous
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- magnetiferous
- mammiferous
- mortiferous
- multiferous
- papyriferous
- pediferous
- pestiferous
- pomiferous
- poriferous
- radiferous
- salutiferous
- seminiferous
- stelliferous
- umbelliferous
- acetabuliferous
- acidiferous
- aeriferous
- agatiferous
- albuminiferous
- aliferous
- alkaliferous
- alumiferous
- aluminiferous
- amberiferous
- amentiferous
- ammonitiferous
- amygdaliferous
- amyliferous
- anatiferous
- angeliferous
- antenniferous
- anthraciferous
- argentiferous
- argilliferous
- armiferous
- astriferous
- bacciferous
- balaniferous
- balsamiferous
- belliferous
- biliferous
- bituminiferous
- branchiferous
- bulbiferous
- byssiferous
- cadmiferous
- calamiferous
- calcariferous
Questions about auriferous
- What does auriferous mean?
- Auriferous means containing or producing gold; gold-bearing.
- What is auriferous in Tamil?
- Auriferous in Tamil is பொன்கொண்ட, பொன் விளையும். See Auriferous meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is auriferous?
- Auriferous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce auriferous?
- Auriferous is pronounced /ɔːˈɹɪfəɹəs/ (UK).
Words near auriferous in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: auriferous (page history and authors); auriferous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); auriferous (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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