d'or
adjUK /dɔː/ · US /doɹ/
Etymology French, from de (“of”) + or (“gold”).
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Government, Heraldry, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Monarchy, Nobility, Politics Postpositional Of gold; golden.
- 1617, William Camden, Worshipful Society of Apothecaries - description of coat of arms On a shield azure Apollo, the inventor of phisique, proper, with his head radiant, holdinge in his left hand a bowe, and his right hande an arrow d'or […]
- ‘I forget your coat of arms.’ ‘A human foot d’or, in a field azure; the foot crushes a serpent rampant whose fangs are imbedded in the heel.’1846, Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado:
- Related terms
- deaurate, Friedrich d'or, louis d'or, louis-d'or