Meanings
adjectivecopperous (comparative more copperous, superlative most copperous)
comparative more copperous · superlative most copperous
- Coppery.
Calcareous, copperous, greenish stone.
1770, abbé Chappe d'Auteroche, A Journey Into Siberia: Made by Order of the King of France (page 213)1 more example
She calls his attention to those copperous clouds beyond the river, and says that the wind is rising.
1870 April–September, Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1870, →OCLC
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