bronzy
adjUK /ˈbɹɒnzi/ · US /ˈbɹɑnzi/
Etymology From bronze + -y.
1
Resembling or suggestive of a bronze color.
- Her bronzy tan spoke of hours spent in the sun.
- I also obtained here a specimen of the rare green jungle-fowl (Gallus furcatus), whose back and neck are beautifully scaled with bronzy feathers, and whose smooth-edged oval comb is of a violet purple colour, changing to green at the base.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 170:
1 more example
- Her skin had a bronzy polish under the pale dusting powder.1963, Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar, Faber and Faber:
- Derived terms
- bronziness