non-auriferous

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ auriferous.

Adjective

non-auriferous (not comparable)

  1. Not gold-bearing.
    • 1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 231:
      The geologists to the expedition, however, so far as I am aware, report the country as being distinctly unpromising and definitely non-auriferous.
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