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chryselephantine
adjective
chrys·elephantine
\(¦)kris+\
Definition of chryselephantine
: 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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Origin and Etymology of chryselephantine
Greek chryselephantinos, from chrys- + elephantinos made of ivory, from elephant-, elephas ivory, elephant
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