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amethystine

adj

Etymology

From amethyst + -ine.

  1. derived from ἀμέθυστος
  2. derived from ametiste
  3. inherited from ametist
  4. suffixed as amethystine — “amethyst + ine”

Definitions

  1. Like amethyst, especially in colour

    Like amethyst, especially in colour; violet-purple.

    • His cubic forms phosphoric Fluor prints, / Or rays in spheres his amethystine tints.
    • 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA