drossless

adj

drossless

adj

Etymology From dross + -less.

1

Free from dross.

  • OFT tho' thy genius, DARWIN! amply fraught With native wealth, explore new worlds of mind; Whence the bright ores of drossless wisdom brought, Stampt by the Muse's hand, enrich mankind;1791, William Bagshaw Stevens, "to the author of the poem on the loves of the plants" (prefixed to Erasmus Darwin's The Botanic Garden)

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