Etymology

ormolu

or·mo·lu
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Today it means: Golden or gilded brass or bronze used for decorative purposes. Full definition →

French or moulu
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  1. French · borrowed fromor moulu
  2. English todayormolu

From French or moulu (literally “ground gold”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.