chryselephantineadj.

/krɪsɛlɪˈfantɪn/

Etymology: < Greek χρῡσελεϕάντινος of gold and ivory, < χρῡσός gold + ἐλεϕάντινος of ivory, < ἐλέϕας, ἐλέϕαντ- elephant, ivory.

a. Of gold and ivory: applied to statues overlaid with gold and ivory, such as the Olympian Zeus and Athene Parthenos of Phidias.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [adjective] > decorated with

sculpturedc1710

chryselephantine1827

insculptured1831

wood-carved1885

1827 Gentleman's Mag. 97 ii. 607 The earliest productions of chryselephantine sculpture, or statuary in gold and ivory.

1852 G. Butler Princ. Imitat. Art 82 Like the other great chryselephantine statues, it..was made of wood, overlaid with ivory and gold; the ivory being used for the flesh, the gold for the drapery.

b. figurative.

ΚΠ

1878 A. C. Swinburne Poems & Ballads 2nd Ser. 89 In types of clean chryselephantine verse.

1882 Symonds in Macmillan's Mag. 45 323 Much of his best work..is chryselephantine, overwrought with jewellery.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	chryselephantine
释义	chryselephantineadj. /krɪsɛlɪˈfantɪn/ Etymology: < Greek χρῡσελεϕάντινος of gold and ivory, < χρῡσός gold + ἐλεϕάντινος of ivory, < ἐλέϕας, ἐλέϕαντ- elephant, ivory. a. Of gold and ivory: applied to statues overlaid with gold and ivory, such as the Olympian Zeus and Athene Parthenos of Phidias. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [adjective] > decorated with sculpturedc1710 chryselephantine1827 insculptured1831 wood-carved1885 1827 Gentleman's Mag. 97 ii. 607 The earliest productions of chryselephantine sculpture, or statuary in gold and ivory. 1852 G. Butler Princ. Imitat. Art 82 Like the other great chryselephantine statues, it..was made of wood, overlaid with ivory and gold; the ivory being used for the flesh, the gold for the drapery. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1878 A. C. Swinburne Poems & Ballads 2nd Ser. 89 In types of clean chryselephantine verse. 1882 Symonds in Macmillan's Mag. 45 323 Much of his best work..is chryselephantine, overwrought with jewellery. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < adj.1827
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