Associations to the word «Ormolu»

Wiktionary

ORMOLU, noun. Golden or gilded brass or bronze used for decorative purposes.
ORMOLU, adjective. Made from golden or gilded brass or bronze.
ORMOLU, verb. To decorate with gilded ormolu articles.

Dictionary definition

ORMOLU, noun. Brass that looks like gold; used to decorate furniture.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne