ormolu
Plural: ormolus
Noun
- A gilded bronze or copper alloy, used for decoration.
- brass that looks like gold; used to decorate furniture
- Golden or gilded brass or bronze used for decorative purposes.
Adj
- Made from golden or gilded brass or bronze.
Verb
- To decorate with gilded ormolu articles.
Examples
- Playing ORMOLU felt like adding a touch of faux gold to the Words With Friends board.
Origin / Etymology
From French or moulu (literally “ground gold”).
Scrabble Score: 8
ormolu: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordormolu: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ormolu: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
ormolu: valid Words With Friends Word