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Definition of Chryselephantine
Chryselephantine Chryselephantine Chrys`el*e*phan"tine, a. [Gr. chryso`s gold +
? made of ivory, fr. ? ivory, elephant.]
Composed of, or adorned with, gold and ivory.
Note: 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.