oroide

Jun. 14th, 2019 07:49 am
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oroide (AWR-oh-aid, OHR-oh-aid) - n., an alloy of copper, zinc, and tin, used in imitation gold jewelry.


I know it's ultimately from Latin aurum, gold (via French or, with Greek eîdos, appearance/shape tacked on), but I keep expecting it to be something to do with mountains (from Greek óros, mountain). Possible something at erodes mountains.

And that wraps up WTFWWF 8 -- back next week with the usual mix of unsorted words. Not that this was particularly sorted, mind.

---L.
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