English Explanatory Dictionary

aeruginous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pertaining to copper rust; in particular, resembling the (bluish-)greenish colour of copper rust.

Word forms

aeruginous more aeruginous most aeruginous eruginous æruginous

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French erugineux, from Latin aerūginōsus (“rusty”).

Synonyms

verdigris
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