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amethyst

See also: Amethyst
Amethyst (gemstone).

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English ametist, from Old French ametiste (French améthyste), from Ancient Greek ἀμέθυστος (améthustos, “not drunk”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + μεθύω (methúō, “I am drunk”), from μέθυ (méthu, “wine”). The Greeks believed that the amethyst prevented intoxication.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈæm.ə.θɪst/
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Noun

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amethyst (plural amethysts)

  2. A transparent purple to violet variety of quartz with traces of manganese, used as a gemstone.
    • 2012 March, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist‎[1], volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 14 June 2012, page 128:
      Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)
  3. (uncountable) A purple colour.
    amethyst:  
  4. (heraldry) The tincture purpure, when blazoning by precious stones.
    • 1726, John Guillim, The Banner Display'd, page 407:
      The Field is Topaz, a Lion rampant Amethyst [...]
    • 1834, The Art of Heraldry; Explaining the Origin and Use of Arms and Armorial Bearings, Etc, page 14:
      Purple, on the arms of princes Mercury, of peers amethyst, and of commoners purpure, [is represented] by diagonal lines from the sinister chief to the dexter base.
    • 1906 (printed), The Beetham Repository, 1770 (eds. William Hutton, John Rawlinson Ford), page 115:
      1st & 4th grand Quarter alike viz. Field Pearl, on a bend Sapphire 3 Buckheads, coup'd topaz for Stanley. The 2d Quarter, Field Sapphire with an inverted Chief, amethyst. The 3d, A Checque topaz & Amethyst, this seems prior to Bosworth field, to have belong'd to Sr Robt Goushill whose Dr a Stanley married [...]

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Adjective

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amethyst (comparative more amethyst, superlative most amethyst)

  1. Having a colour similar to that of the gemstone

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See also

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Further reading

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  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Amethyst”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “amethyst”, in Mindat.org‎[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
  • The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [3]

Welsh

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Etymology

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From English amethyst.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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amethyst m (plural amethystau)

  1. amethyst

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
amethyst unchanged unchanged hamethyst
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “amethyst”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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