copperous

English

Etymology

copper +‎ -ous

Adjective

copperous (comparative more copperous, superlative most copperous)

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