coppery

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   resembling copper, especially in having its reddish-brown color or metallic sheen

   The lizard watched through a narrow pupil set in a mottled, coppery iris.

2. 2
   adj

   containing a noticeable amount of copper or having a metallic taste like copper

   The spring water had a faint coppery taste after passing through the old pipes.

Formed in English from copper + -y, literally "having the qualities or appearance of copper."

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