hyacinthine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of the colour of a hyacinth (either the gem or the flower); reddish-gold (chiefly with reference to hair).
  2. Curling like the petals of the hyacinth.
  3. Beautiful, like the mythological Hyacinthus.

Word forms

hyacinthine more hyacinthine most hyacinthine

Etymology

From Latin hyacinthinus, from Ancient Greek ὑακίνθινος (huakínthinos), from ὑάκινθος (huákinthos); corresponding to hyacinth + -ine.

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