aeneous

adjective

ae·​ne·​ous

variants or less commonly aeneus

ā-ˈē-nē-əs

: like brass in color and luster : greenish gold

aeneous beetles

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Latin aēneus, aēnus, "of bronze (or another alloy of copper)," from aer-, aes "bronze, brass, copper" + -nus, -n-eus, suffixes of materials

First Known Use

1808, in the meaning defined above

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