chryselephantine

chryselephantine Definition

chrys·el·ephan·tine (kris′el′ə fan′tin, -tīn′)

adjective

made of, or overlaid with, gold and ivory

Etymology: Gr chryselephantinos < chrysos (see chrysalis) + elephantinos (see elephant)

chryselephantine Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

statue: Pheidias ' chryselephantine statue of Zeus, made of ivory and gold, was large enough to hold a human figure in its hand.

chryselephantine Quotes

A chryselephantine poem of immeasurable length which will occupy me for the next four decades unless it becomes a bore.

—Pound, Ezra Loomis

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