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CUPREOUS

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cu⋅pre⋅ous

  [kyoo-pree-uhs, koo-]
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–adjective
1. copper-colored; metallic reddish-brown.
2. consisting of or containing copper; copperlike.
Origin:
1660–70; < LL cupreus, equiv. to cupr(um) copper 1 + -eus -eous
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cu·pre·ous   (kōō'prē-əs, kyōō'-)   
adj.  Of, resembling, or containing copper; coppery.

[From Late Latin cupreus, from cuprum, copper; see copper1.]
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