Sekirov Dictionary

ormolu

UK /ˈɔː(ɹ)məˌluː/US /ˈɔɹməˌlu/

adjective 1
noun 1
verb 1
forms 3

adjective1

•
Made from golden or gilded brass or bronze.
- At one of the ormolu tables, near a lamp with a pink shade, Gaston insisted on making at least a partial statement. — 1888

noun1

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Golden or gilded brass or bronze used for decorative purposes.
- Had he deemed it "wisest, best," Mr. O'Donagough was not without the means of furnishing a splendid mansion in very showy style, and yet not leaving a single morsel of lacker, or or-molu, unpaid for. — 1840

verb1

To decorate with gilded ormolu articles.

forms

ormolued · ormoluing · ormolus

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