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chrys-

  1. variant of chryso- before a vowel:

    chryselephantine.



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Example Sentences

"We have missed a whole day's play, I would never ever do it again," Chrys Meade told the BBC.

From BBC

The fact that Chrys believes that contributing to this cursed lineage is a good idea erases any doubt that these two are sisters.

It was Area 5 detectives who have been at odds with Foxx in months past after her office declined to prosecute several high-profile cases, including the shootings of National Guard member Chrys Carvajal in July and 7-year-old Serenity Broughton in August, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

At her Los Angeles store Maison Modulare, Chrys Wong sells Mexican Bouquet candles, which are typically given to a soon-to-be bride at the time of proposal.

Chrys Carvajal was found unresponsive on a Chicago sidewalk with gunshot wounds at around 1:25 Saturday morning, the outlet reported, citing police.

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Words That Use chrys-

What does chrys- mean?

Chrys- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “gold” and sometimes applied to various greenish hues. It is often used in medical and scientific terms, including in mineralogy.

Chrys- comes from the Greek chrȳsós, meaning “gold.” The Greek chrȳsós also helped form the word chrȳsallís, source of the word chrysalis. A chrysalis is the hard-shelled pupa of a moth or butterfly, so named because some pupae can have a goldish sheen.

Chrys- is a variant of chryso-, which loses its -o– when combined with words or word elements beginning with vowels.

Want to know more? Read our Words That Use chryso- article.

Examples of chrys-

Chrysanthemum are a type of flower that come in a wide array of colors.

The word comes from the Greek chrȳsánthemon, which uses the Greek equivalent of chrys-, “gold,” and  ánthemon, “flower.” So, chrysanthemum is literally a “gold flower.” Beautiful!

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Break it down!

Some ancient Greek sculptures are described as chryselephantine. This means they were overlaid with two valuable materials: ivory (denoted by elephantine) and, based on the meaning of chrys-, what precious metal?

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