amethystine
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editamethystine (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
editlike an amethyst
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