copperyadj.

/ˈkɒpəri/

Etymology: < copper n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

a. Characterized by the presence, qualities, or appearance of copper.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > reddish brown > copper

copper-coloured1697

copper1699

copperish1774

coppery1791

cupreous1804

copper-brown1842

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [adjective] > of, like, or relating to copper

cupreous1666

copperish1667

cuprous1669

copper1720

coppery1791

the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > copper > [adjective] > characterized by

coppery1791

1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. i. i. v. 77 A reddish coppery tinge.

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. x. 23/2 The grim coppery clouds.

1865 C. Boner Transylvania 328 Coppery particles attach themselves to the iron.

1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. iii. ii. 626 A bitter, coppery, or metallic taste.

b. Qualifying, or combined with, names of colours, as coppery green, coppery red, etc.

ΚΠ

1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 284 Head coppery-green.

1882 The Garden 1 Apr. 219/2 Of a coppery yellow colour.

c. coppery whipsnake (see quot.). U.S.

ΚΠ

1870 Amer. Naturalist 3 187 A few of the former [reptiles] are not known northward, viz...the Coppery Whipsnake (Drymobius testaceus).

2. transf. Biased in favour of the Copperheads.

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1906 N.Y. Evening Post 24 Mar. The Rev. Ambrose Converse, a Northern man with Southern principles, made his pro-slavery Philadelphia Christian Observer so ‘coppery’ during the civil war that Seward suppressed it.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	coppery
释义	copperyadj. /ˈkɒpəri/ Etymology: < copper n.¹ + -y suffix¹. 1. a. Characterized by the presence, qualities, or appearance of copper. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > brown or brownness > [adjective] > reddish brown > copper copper-coloured1697 copper1699 copperish1774 coppery1791 cupreous1804 copper-brown1842 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > base metal > [adjective] > of, like, or relating to copper cupreous1666 copperish1667 cuprous1669 copper1720 coppery1791 the world > matter > chemistry > elements and compounds > metals > specific elements > copper > [adjective] > characterized by coppery1791 1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Elements Art of Dyeing I. i. i. v. 77 A reddish coppery tinge. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. x. 23/2 The grim coppery clouds. 1865 C. Boner Transylvania 328 Coppery particles attach themselves to the iron. 1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. iii. ii. 626 A bitter, coppery, or metallic taste. b. Qualifying, or combined with, names of colours, as coppery green, coppery red, etc. ΚΠ 1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 284 Head coppery-green. 1882 The Garden 1 Apr. 219/2 Of a coppery yellow colour. c. coppery whipsnake (see quot.). U.S. ΚΠ 1870 Amer. Naturalist 3 187 A few of the former [reptiles] are not known northward, viz...the Coppery Whipsnake (Drymobius testaceus). 2. transf. Biased in favour of the Copperheads. ΚΠ 1906 N.Y. Evening Post 24 Mar. The Rev. Ambrose Converse, a Northern man with Southern principles, made his pro-slavery Philadelphia Christian Observer so ‘coppery’ during the civil war that Seward suppressed it. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1791
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