aurous

Example Sentences

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Despite the loss, the United States entered the 2022 Winter Games with aurous dreams and remains hopeful after a strong start in Beijing.

From Washington Post • Feb. 13, 2022

The reasons: a new arts festival and a new art museum�both resulting from the aurous determination of Multi-millionaire Walter P. Chrysler Jr., 47.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gilt-lanterns hang out of windows, casting an aurous glow over all the buildings.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Pertaining to, or derived from, gold; Ð said of those compounds of gold in which this element has its lower valence; as, aurous oxide.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

When freshly prepared it dissolves in cold water to form an indigo-coloured solution with a brownish fluorescence of colloidal aurous oxide; it is insoluble in hot water.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various