Word of the Day 03/18/23 Auriferous
Auriferous (adjective)
auriferous [ aw-rif-er-uhs ]
adjective
1. yielding or containing gold.
OTHER WORDS FROM AURIFEROUS
non·au·rif·er·ous, adjective
WORDS RELATED TO AURIFEROUS
gilt, halcyon, aureate, aurelian, auric, aurous, blond, blonde, caramel, dusty, flaxen, honeyed, ochroid, straw, tan, tawny, wheat
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ORIGIN: 1720–30; < Latin aurifer gold-bearing (see auri-, -fer) + -ous
HOW TO USE AURIFEROUS IN A SENTENCE
It was a romantic and picturesque spot, but there was not a grain of auriferous metal or ore in sight.
TWO BOYS IN WYOMING|EDWARD S. ELLIS
In many parts of the world epidiorites and the quartz veins which sometimes occur in them have proved to be auriferous.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 9, SLICE 6|VARIOUS
Footnote 2: Machines in which diggers wash the gold from the auriferous soil.
GRIF|B. L. (BENJAMIN LEOPOLD) FARJEON
Chips taken from the same bar of auriferous lead may show in one place 23 ozs.
A TEXTBOOK OF ASSAYING: FOR THE USE OF THOSE CONNECTED WITH MINES.|CORNELIUS BERINGER AND JOHN JACOB BERINGER
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auriferous [ aw-rif-er-uhs ]
adjective
1. yielding or containing gold.
OTHER WORDS FROM AURIFEROUS
non·au·rif·er·ous, adjective
WORDS RELATED TO AURIFEROUS
gilt, halcyon, aureate, aurelian, auric, aurous, blond, blonde, caramel, dusty, flaxen, honeyed, ochroid, straw, tan, tawny, wheat
See synonyms for auriferous on Thesaurus.com
ORIGIN: 1720–30; < Latin aurifer gold-bearing (see auri-, -fer) + -ous
HOW TO USE AURIFEROUS IN A SENTENCE
It was a romantic and picturesque spot, but there was not a grain of auriferous metal or ore in sight.
TWO BOYS IN WYOMING|EDWARD S. ELLIS
In many parts of the world epidiorites and the quartz veins which sometimes occur in them have proved to be auriferous.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 9, SLICE 6|VARIOUS
Footnote 2: Machines in which diggers wash the gold from the auriferous soil.
GRIF|B. L. (BENJAMIN LEOPOLD) FARJEON
Chips taken from the same bar of auriferous lead may show in one place 23 ozs.
A TEXTBOOK OF ASSAYING: FOR THE USE OF THOSE CONNECTED WITH MINES.|CORNELIUS BERINGER AND JOHN JACOB BERINGER
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.