aeneous
adjective
ae·ne·ous
variants or less commonly aeneus
ā-ˈē-nē-əs
: like brass in color and luster : greenish gold
aeneous beetles
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Latin aēneus, aēnus, "of bronze (or another alloy of copper)," from aer-, aes "bronze, brass, copper" + -nus, -n-eus, suffixes of materials
First Known Use
1808, in the meaning defined above
- photocurrent
- photocurrents
- photodecomposition
- photodecompositions
- photodegradable
- photodetector
- photodetectors
- photodiode
- photodiodes
- photodisintegrate
- photodisintegrated
- photodisintegrates
- photodisintegrating
- photodisintegration
- photodisintegrations
- photodissociate
- photodissociated
- photodissociates
- photodissociating
- photodissociation
- photodissociations
- photodrama
- photodramas
- photoduplicate
- photoduplicated