amethystine
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]amethystine (comparative more amethystine, superlative most amethystine)
- Like amethyst, especially in colour; violet-purple.
- 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 80:
- His cubic forms phosphoric Fluor prints, / Or rays in spheres his amethystine tints.
- 1881, James Albert Harrison, Spain, page 499:
- Certainly […] no spot more dazzlingly becircled with blue seas, amethystine peaks, and islets magically scattered on pellucid water, could have been chosen for the greatest naval battle of modern times.
Translations
[edit]like an amethyst
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Latin
[edit]Adjective
[edit]amethystine