a. [f. COPPER sb.1 + -Y.] Characterized by the presence, qualities or appearance of copper.
1791. Hamilton, Berthollet’s Dyeing, I. I. I. V. 77. A reddish coppery tinge.
1831. Carlyle, Sart. Res. (1858), 39. The grim coppery clouds.
1865. C. Boner, Transylvania, 328. Coppery particles attach themselves to the iron.
1871. Napheys, Prev. & Cure Dis., III. ii. 626. A bitter, coppery, or metallic taste.
b. Qualifying, or combined with, names of colors, as coppery green, red, etc.
1828. Stark, Elem. Nat. Hist., II. 284. Head coppery-green.
1882. The Garden, 1 April, 219/2. Of a coppery yellow colour.
