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or-molu

or-molu is the dated form of ormolu.

Meaning of ormolu

Noun

ormolu (countable and uncountable, plural ormolus)

  1. Golden or gilded brass or bronze used for decorative purposes.
    • Had he deemed it "wisest, best," Mr. O'Donagough was not without the means of furnishing a splendid mansion in very showy style, and yet not leaving a single morsel of lacker, or or-molu, unpaid for.1840, Frances Trollope, “Practical Information Carefully Obtained, and Promptly Acted upon— […]”, in The Widow Married; […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 2

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Forms of or-molu

plural-molus

Questions about or-molu

What is or-molu the dated form of?
Or-molu is the dated form of ormolu.

Words near or-molu in the dictionary

  1. or so
  2. or so on
  3. or something
  4. or what
  5. or words to that effect
  6. or-molu
  7. or-molus
  8. or-moulu
  9. Or.
  10. or/and
  11. OR/CR

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