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orichalch

orichalch is the alternative form of orichalcum.

Meaning of orichalcum

Noun

orichalcum (uncountable)

  1. A valuable yellow metal known to the Ancient Greeks and Romans; now sometimes interpreted as referring to a natural alloy of gold and copper, and sometimes treated as a mythical substance.
    • Many walls were coated with metals – with brass, tin and a red ^([sic]) metal, unknown to us, called orichalcum.2008, Jonathan Black, A Secret History of the World, Quercus, published 2008, page 162

Origin of orichalch

Compare French orichalque.

Questions about orichalch

What is orichalch the alternative form of?
Orichalch is the alternative form of orichalcum.

Words near orichalch in the dictionary

  1. oribés
  2. oricalche
  3. oricha
  4. orichalc
  5. orichalceous
  6. orichalch
  7. orichalchum
  8. orichalcum
  9. orichas
  10. Orick
  11. orickite

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