sapphirine

noun

Etymology

From sapphire + -ine.

  1. derived from σάπφειρος
  2. derived from sapphir
  3. derived from saphir
  4. inherited from saphir
  5. suffixed as sapphirine — “sapphire + ine

Definitions

  1. A rare silicate of magnesium and aluminium (with iron as a major impurity), named for its…

    A rare silicate of magnesium and aluminium (with iron as a major impurity), named for its sapphirelike colour.

  2. Of, pertaining to, or resembling sapphire

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for sapphirine. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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