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Meaning of CHRYSELEPHANTINE

 
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Chrys`el*e*phan"tine\, a. [Gr. chryso`s gold +
? made of ivory, fr. ? ivory, elephant.]
Composed of, or adorned with, gold and ivory.

Note: The chryselephantine statues of the Greeks were built
      up with inferior materials, veneered, as it were, with
      ivory for the flesh, and gold decorated with color for
      the hair and garments.

 

 

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