chryselephantine

adjective

chrys·​elephantine

(¦)kris+

: 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

Word History

Etymology

Greek chryselephantinos, from chrys- + elephantinos made of ivory, from elephant-, elephas ivory, elephant

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