hyacinthine
Meanings
adj
- Of the colour of a hyacinth (either the gem or the flower); reddish-gold (chiefly with reference to hair).
- Curling like the petals of the hyacinth.
- Beautiful, like the mythological Hyacinthus.
Word forms
Etymology
From Latin hyacinthinus, from Ancient Greek ὑακίνθινος (huakínthinos), from ὑάκινθος (huákinthos); corresponding to hyacinth + -ine.
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