aeneous
adjective
ae·ne·ous
variants or less commonly aeneus
ā-ˈē-nē-əs
: like brass in color and luster : greenish gold
aeneous beetles
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Latin aēneus, aēnus, "of bronze (or another alloy of copper)," from aer-, aes "bronze, brass, copper" + -nus, -n-eus, suffixes of materials
First Known Use
1808, in the meaning defined above
- chrome tannage
- chrome tanning
- chrome vermilion
- chrome violet r
- chrome yellow
- chrome yellow orange
- chrome-mordant
- chrome-tanned
- chromed
- chromer
- chromes
- chromest
- chromesthesiae
- chromesthesias
- chromia
- chromic
- chromic acid
- chromic anhydride
- chromic hydroxide
- chromic iron
- chromic oxide
- Chromidae
- chromide
- Chromides
- chromides