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chryselephantine (adj.)
"overlaid with gold and ivory," 1816, probably via German, from Latinized form of Greek
khryselephantinos
, from
khrysos
"gold" (see
chrysalis
) +
elephantinos
"made of ivory," from
elephans
(genitive
elephantos
) "elephant; ivory" (see
elephant
).