Having the color, appearance, or qualities of copper; reddish-brown or metallic in color.
From copper (the metal, from Latin cuprum via Old English) plus the suffix -y meaning 'having the quality of.' The suffix -y has been used since Old English to turn nouns into adjectives describing their characteristics.
Coppery appears in poetry and literature to describe everything from autumn leaves to skin tones, creating vivid imagery because copper's distinctive reddish-brown color is instantly recognizable and rich with historical associations to ancient civilizations and industry.
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