† copperoseadj.
Obsolete.
Of or belonging to copperas or vitriol.
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1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. xii. 336 An Atramentous condition or mixture, that is a vitriolate or copperose quality. View more context for this quotation
1698 Dr. Cay in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 20 370 [It] has in some Places a Copperose Taste pretty strong.
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