metallousadj.

Brit.

/ˈmɛtl̩əs/,

/ˈmɛtələs/, U.S.

/ˈmɛdl̩əs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with English elements. Etymons: Latin metallum , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin metallum metal (see metal n.) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier metallic adj.

rare.

Of the nature of a metal; metallic.

ΚΠ

1682 tr. B. Varenius Gen. & Absolute Pt. Cosmogr. & Geogr. in R. Blome Cosmogr. & Geogr. i. xvi. 115 Every where the Earth is Metallous, and hard beneath the bottom of the Sea.

1794 W. Peckitt Wonderful Love God to Men 26 The Earths, then constitutively forming, the respective, heavy metallous,..the precipitative cretaceous, the swimative marine,..and the highly volatile spirituous, Salts.

1874 Technologisches Wörterbuch (ed. 2) III. 288/1 Fumée des métaux,..metallous smoke.

1974 D. Rudkin Cries from Casement 74 Coda of Liszt Csárdás Macabre on metallous piano-strings.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	metallous
释义	metallousadj. Brit. /ˈmɛtl̩əs/, /ˈmɛtələs/, U.S. /ˈmɛdl̩əs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with English elements. Etymons: Latin metallum , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin metallum metal (see metal n.) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier metallic adj. rare. Of the nature of a metal; metallic. ΚΠ 1682 tr. B. Varenius Gen. & Absolute Pt. Cosmogr. & Geogr. in R. Blome Cosmogr. & Geogr. i. xvi. 115 Every where the Earth is Metallous, and hard beneath the bottom of the Sea. 1794 W. Peckitt Wonderful Love God to Men 26 The Earths, then constitutively forming, the respective, heavy metallous,..the precipitative cretaceous, the swimative marine,..and the highly volatile spirituous, Salts. 1874 Technologisches Wörterbuch (ed. 2) III. 288/1 Fumée des métaux,..metallous smoke. 1974 D. Rudkin Cries from Casement 74 Coda of Liszt Csárdás Macabre on metallous piano-strings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1682
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