ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Amethystine

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Amethystine is an adjective meaning Like amethyst, especially in colour; violet-purple.

Meaning

Like amethyst, especially in colour; violet-purple.

Example Sentences

His cubic forms phosphoric Fluor prints, / Or rays in spheres his amethystine tints.
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.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include quartz, amaranthine, violet, amarantine, indigo, porphyrous.

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