metallic

adjective

1. 1

   Of, relating to, or characteristic of metal.

   The Lethrblaka's blood, to Eragon's astonishment, was a metallic blue-green, not unlike the verdigris that forms on aged copper.

2. 2

   Made of or containing metal.

   […] and, lo ! a palace towering ſeems, / With Parian pillars and metallic beams.

   These chemical distinctions then, to which we have referred, are quite independent of physical condition. For instance, amongst the most metallic of the metals is a gas.

   Assemblymember Bill Quirk (D-Hayward) has introduced a bill to address power outages caused by metallic film balloons when they come into contact with powerlines.

3. 3

   Harsh, as if coming from two metals striking one another.

   No sooner had these syllables passed my lips, than—as if a shield of brass had indeed, at the moment, fallen heavily upon a floor of silver—I became aware of a distinct, hollow, metallic and clangorous, yet apparently muffled reverberation.

4. 4

   Having the appearance of being of polished metal.

noun

1. 1

   A metallic color.

   As Robert Clergerie, whose unisex Popée shoe comes in an array of pastels and eye-popping metallics, explained the attraction, “It gives manhood to women.”

Forms

plural

metallics

comparative

more metallic

superlative

most metallic