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chryselephantine, a.|krɪsɛlɪˈfæntɪn|
[ad. Gr. χρῡσελεϕάντιν-ος of gold and ivory, f. χρῡσ-ός gold + ἐλεϕάντινος of ivory, f. ἐλέϕας, ἐλέϕαντ- elephant, ivory.]
Of gold and ivory: applied to statues overlaid with gold and ivory, such as the Olympian Zeus and Athene Parthenos of Phidias.
1827Gentl. Mag. XCVII. ii. 607 The earliest productions of chryselephantine sculpture, or statuary in gold and ivory. 1852G. Butler Princ. Imitat. Art 82 Like the other great chryselephantine statues, it..was made of wood, overlaid with ivory and gold; the ivory being used for the flesh, the gold for the drapery.
b. fig.
1878Swinburne Poems & Ball. Ser. ii. 89 In types of clean chryselephantine verse. 1882Symonds in Macm. Mag. XLV. 323 Much of his best work..is chryselephantine, overwrought with jewellery. |