smeraldino
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin smaragdīnus. By surface analysis, smeraldo (“emerald”) + -ino (“-ine”, derivational suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
smeraldino (feminine smeraldina, masculine plural smeraldini, feminine plural smeraldine)
- (archaic) made out of emerald
- 1946, Louis Charbonneau-Lassay, Il giardino del Cristo ferito, Arkeios, page 190:
- […] , fu mostrato il ricco vaso smeraldino, […]
- […] , he was shown the rich emerald vase, […]
- (dated) emerald green; emerald-like in colour/color
- 1903, Giovanni Pascoli, “Il miracolo”, in Myricae, Raffaello Giusti, page 86:
- Vedeste l'erba lucido tappeto, ¶ e su le pietre il musco smeraldino; [...]
- You saw the grass as shiny carpet, ¶ and on the stones the emerald-green musk; [...]