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copperous

copperous adjective: coppery.

Adjective

copperous (comparative more copperous, superlative most copperous)

  1. Coppery.
    • She calls his attention to those copperous clouds beyond the river, and says that the wind is rising.1870 April–September, Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1870, →OCLC
    • Calcareous, copperous, greenish stone.1770, abbé Chappe d'Auteroche, A Journey Into Siberia: Made by Order of the King of France (page 213)

Forms of copperous

comparativemore copperous
superlativemost copperous

Origin of copperous

From copper + -ous.

Questions about copperous

What does copperous mean?
Copperous means coppery.
What part of speech is copperous?
Copperous is an adjective.

Words near copperous in the dictionary

  1. copperless
  2. Copperman
  3. coppern
  4. Copperopolis
  5. copperose
  6. copperous
  7. copperplate
  8. copperplated
  9. copperplates
  10. copperplating
  11. copperpod

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