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copperous
† ˈcopperous, a. Obs. Also 6 coperous. [In sense 1 perh. related to F. couperose (Paré, 16th c.) the disease copper-nose; in sense 2 app. related to copperas, F. couperose; though in both there was prob. association with copper: sense 3 is perh. immed. f. copper + -ous for cuprous.] 1. Of the nature... Oxford English Dictionary
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copperose
† coppeˈrose, a. Obs. [Attrib. use of an early form of copperas, app. treated like an adj. in -ose = copperous a. 2.] Of or belonging to copperas or vitriol.1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vi. xii. 336 An Atramentous condition or mixture, that is a vitriolate or copperose quality. 1698 Cay in Phil. Tr... Oxford English Dictionary
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vitriolous
† ˈvitriolous, a. Obs. [f. vitriol n. + -ous. Cf. OF. vitrioleux.] Of the nature of vitriol; vitriolic.1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxii. 164 Some attrition from an acide and vitriolous humidity in the stomack. Ibid. vi. xii. 336, I say, a vitriolous or copperous quality; for vitrioll is the a... Oxford English Dictionary
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copperas
copperas (ˈkɒpərəs) Forms: 5–7 coperose, (5 coperosse, coporose, copros(se, 6 coperus, cop(p)erous(e, coporouse, (copper(r)oost(e), copporose), 6–7 coperas, cop(p)eress(e, -is, -ose, cop(p)oras, -es, -is, cop(p)ras, -es(se, 7 cop(p)erase, -ass, -ice, cop(p)ris, -ice, -ose, 6– copperas. [In 15th c. c... Oxford English Dictionary
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polypus
polypus (ˈpɒlɪpəs) Forms: 5–8 polipus, 6 polippus, polipos, 6– polypus. Pl. polypi (-paɪ); also (7 polypodes, polipusses), 8 polypuses (-pusses). [a. L. pol-, pōlypus, -pi cuttle-fish, etc., also polypus in the nose, a. Doric or æolic Gr. πωλύπος, gen. -που = Ionic πουλύπους (acc. -οδα and -ουν), At... Oxford English Dictionary
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