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单词 copperous
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copperousadj.

Forms: Also 1500s coperous.
Etymology: In sense 1 perhaps related to French couperose (Paré, 16th cent.) the disease copper-nose n.; in sense 2 apparently related to copperas n.French couperose ; though in both there was probably association with copper: sense 3 is perhaps immediately < copper n.1 + -ous suffix for cuprous.
Obsolete.
1. Of the nature of, or affected with, the disease Acne rosacea or copper-nose n.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > eruptive diseases > [adjective] > acne or acne rosacea
copperous?1541
coppered?1543
copperosed?1543
copper-nosed1579
rosaceous1828
acneform1868
acneiform1870
acned1936
?1541 R. Copland Maner to Examyne Lazares in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. Qivv Blacke coperous skal and scabbe in the face.
?1543 T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe ii. sig. Biiiv A generall diete for all copperous faced.
2. Of or belonging to copperas or vitriol.
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the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > sulphur > [adjective] > compounds > sulphates
copperose1646
copperous1646
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. xii. 336 A vitriolous or copperous quality; for vitrioll is the active..ingredient in Inke. View more context for this quotation
3. ? Coppery, cuprous.
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1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal II. 8 Funnels that exhale warm copperous vapours.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.?1541
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