copperish

English

Etymology

copper +‎ -ish

Adjective

copperish (comparative more copperish, superlative most copperish)

1. Like copper; coppery.
   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter V, in Capricornia, page 63:

     She was naked like himself, but chocolate-coloured, not copperish as he was.

Derived terms

• copperishness

References

• “copperish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.