metallic

Meanings

Adjective

• Of, relating to or characteristic of metal.
• Made of or containing metal.
• Harsh, as if coming from two metals striking one another.
• Having the appearance of being of polished metal.

Noun

• A metallic color.

Related

Similar words

• metalish
• metallical
• metallous

Origin

• From Latin metallicus, from metallum, from Ancient Greek μέταλλον. Equivalent to metal + -ic.