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adjective
- Made of gold and ivory.
- 1885: I drew near and perceived that the light came from a precious stone as big as an ostrich egg, set at the upper end of the alcove upon a little chryselephantine couch of ivory and gold; and this jewel, blazing like the sun, cast its rays wide and side. " Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 17
Etymology: From Ancient Greek (polytonic, ), from (polytonic, ) "gold" + (polytonic, á) "of ivory".
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