/ˈæ.lɔɪ/, /əˈlɔɪ/
OriginBorrowed from Middle French alloy, aloy, from Old French aloi, from aloiier, from Latin alligō.
- countable, uncountableA metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, a base metal.
- archaic, countable, uncountableA metal of lesser value, mixed with a metal of greater value.
“gold without alloy”
“Many of these coins are preserved at the British Museum, in London, and at the Ashmolean Museum, in Oxford, and are all of pure gold, without alloy, and in a good state of preservation. Boadicea, Quee”
- countable, uncountableAn admixture; something added which stains, taints etc.
“Metrodorus said that in sadnesse there is some aloy of pleasure.”
“The sole grievance and alloy thus removed in the prospect of Harriet’s welfare, she was really in danger of becoming too happy for security.”
- countable, figuratively, uncountableFusion, marriage, combination.
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- To mix or combine; often used of metals.
- To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance.
“to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper”
- figurativelyTo impair or debase by mixture.
“to alloy pleasure with misfortunes”
Formsalloys(plural) · alloys(present, singular, third-person) · alloying(participle, present) · alloyed(participle, past) · alloyed(past)