metallicadj/mɪˈtæl.ɪk/

• 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

  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.
• 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

  Having the appearance of being of polished metal.

metallicnoun/mɪˈtæl.ɪk/

• 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.”