CHRYSELEPHANTINE


Meaning of CHRYSELEPHANTINE in English

(|)kris+ adjective

Etymology: Greek chryselephantinos, from chrys- + elephantinos made of ivory, from elephant-, elephas ivory, elephant

: composed of or adorned with gold and ivory

she might have been chryselephantine — made, that is, like some old Greek statues, out of ivory and gold — G.K.Chesterton

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