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chryselephantine

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CIDE DICTIONARY
chryselephantine, a. [Gr. chryso`s gold + made of ivory, fr. ivory, elephant.].
     Composed of, or adorned with, gold and ivory.  [1913 Webster]
    " The chryselephantine statues of the Greeks were built up with inferior materials, veneered, as it were, with ivory for the flesh, and gold decorated with color for the hair and garments."  [1913 Webster]
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
chryselephantine, adj. (of ancient Greek sculpture) overlaid with gold and ivory.

Etymology
Gk khruselephantinos f. khrusos gold + elephas ivory
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