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ormoluing

ormoluing is the present participle and gerund of ormolu.

Meaning of ormolu

Verb

ormolu (third-person singular simple present ormolus, present participle ormoluing, simple past and past participle ormolued)

  1. To decorate with gilded ormolu articles.
    • But I have seen apartments in the tenure of Americans—men of exceedingly moderate means yet rara aves of good taste—which, in negative merit at least, might vie with any of the or-molued cabinets of our friends across the water.1840, Edgar Allan Poe, The Philosophy of Furniture

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Questions about ormoluing

What is ormoluing the present participle and gerund of?
Ormoluing is the present participle and gerund of ormolu.

Words near ormoluing in the dictionary

  1. Ormoc
  2. Ormoc Bay
  3. Ormocay
  4. ormolu
  5. ormolued
  6. ormoluing
  7. ormolus
  8. Ormond
  9. Ormond Beach
  10. Ormond Lower
  11. Ormonde

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