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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An element in many compound words of Greek origin, meaning ‘gold.’
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Examples
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Rarer diamond framed the windows in the chamber, and thousands of lesser gems, from topaz to chryso-beryl, studded furniture and sculpture and the ceiling itself.
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Extexam ego illum pulchre iam, si di volunt. haud dormitandumst: opus est chryso Chrysalo.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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The weak point in our chryso-aristocracy is the same I have alluded to in connection with cheap dandyism.
Autocrat of the Breakfast Table Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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The weak point in our chryso-aristocracy is the same I have alluded to in connection with cheap dandyism.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Palestine might boast of the topaz, the emerald, the chryso-beryl, several varieties of rock-crystal, and also of the finer jaspers.
Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time Michael Russell 1814
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