eruginous

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A form of aeruginous — Synonym of verdigrisy, of or related to copper carbonate, bluish green.

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Meanings

adjectiveeruginous (comparative more eruginous, superlative most eruginous)

comparative more eruginous · superlative most eruginous

  1. alternativeAlternative form of aeruginous (“of or related to verdigris, bluish green, rusty.”)
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    The ſecond way whereby bodies become blacke, is an Atramentous condition or mixture, that is a vitriolate or copperoſe quality conjoyning with a terreſtrious and aſtringent humidity, for ſo is Atramentum ſcriptorium, or writing Inke commonly made, by copperoſe caſt upon decoction or infuſion of galls... now artificiall copperoſe... is a rough and acrimonious kinde of salt drawne out of ferreous and eruginous earths, partaking chiefly of Iron and Copper, the blew of copper, the green moſt of Iron...

    1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, Book 6, Chapter XII: "A Digression Concerning Blacknesse", p. 336

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
verdigrisy
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