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chryselephantine

American  
[kris-el-uh-fan-tin, -tahyn] / ˌkrɪs ɛl əˈfæn tɪn, -taɪn /

adjective

  1. made of or overlaid with gold and ivory, as certain objects made in ancient Greece.

chryselephantine British  
/ ˌkrɪsɛlɪˈfæntɪn /

adjective

  1. (of ancient Greek statues) made of or overlaid with gold and ivory

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Etymology

Origin of chryselephantine

1820–30; < Greek chrȳselephántinos, equivalent to chrȳs- chrys- + elephántinos ( elephant-, stem of eléphās elephant, ivory + -inos -ine 1

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